Symptoms of Avoidant Personality Disorder:

• Hypersensitivity to criticism or rejection
• Self-imposed social isolation
• Extreme shyness in social situations, though feels a strong desire for close relationships
• Avoids physical contact because it has been associated with an unpleasant or painful stimulus
• Avoids interpersonal relationships
• Feelings of inadequacy
• Severe low self-esteem
• Self loathing
• Mistrust of others
• Emotional distancing related to intimacy
• Highly self-conscious
• Self-critical about their problems relating to others
• Problems in occupational functioning
• Lonely self-perception
• Feeling inferior to others
• Utilizes fantasy as a form of escapism and to interrupt painful thoughts

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