I think I have avoidant personality disorder or something. That's probably one of the reasons why. It's not a social contaigon; I've wondered what was wrong with me for a long while and only recently heard about it.
However, I think it is quite likely the medicalization of the human condition. After all, anxiety disorder is apparently a thing. However, all humans who have made it to 10 years old have felt anxiety at some point. Perhaps it is the same thing with 'avoidant personality disorder'. Perhaps it is one of those disorders that we all have to some degree and is arbitrarily defined to be an 'abnormal amount' of anxiety or avoidance.
So I have to ask you, do you feel any impulse to avoid people while still wanting to socialize? Is this one of those ubiquitous human emotions that have been medicalized like so many others, or am I some sort of antisocial freak?
I have no idea why I typed this out, but I couldn't articulate my thoughts in a few short sentences.
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