Browsing: Avoidant Personality Disorder

Famous people with avoidant personality disorder experience the same extreme shyness, fear of rejection, and feelings of inadequacy as the typical person who suffers from the condition (Symptoms of Avoidant Personality Disorder). Not many celebrities or otherwise famous people with mental illnesses step forward and publicly admit it.

Treatment for avoidant personality disorder (APD) is challenging because the patient must open up and trust the therapist for it to work. People with avoidant personality disorder are reluctant to trust anyone, making it difficult for the therapist to establish a strong working relationship. Despite the challenge, a committed client and compassionate therapist can often develop a relationship that has a satisfactory level of trust around which therapy can begin and, hopefully, deal with the avoidant personality disorder symptoms and related problems.

Avoidant personality disorder symptoms first appear in childhood, but often don’t seem out of the ordinary until late adolescence or early adulthood. Most children show some fear and shyness when confronted with new people and circumstances; and these behaviors do not necessarily mean that they will eventually develop avoidant personality disorder. It’s only when these behaviors persist and continue into adulthood that they become troublesome.

People with avoidant personality disorder (APD) have a lifelong, deeply ingrained pattern of extreme shyness, extreme sensitivity to rejection, distrust of others, and deep feelings of inadequacy. Those suffering from the disorder try to avoid social situations and close relationships due to their excessive fear of rejection. They actually want to have relationships and participate in fun social activities, but lack the confidence and interpersonal skills they need to succeed in these situations. All this makes avoidant personality disorder treatment very challenging.