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Avoidant personality disorder may also be called anxious personality disorder. A person may feel anxious, lonely, and isolated and may avoid social situations.
How do members experience avoidant personality disorder?
Top 5 symptoms reported by people with avoidant personality disorder*
*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Top treatments taken by people for avoidant personality disorder*
Who has avoidant personality disorder on PatientsLikeMe?
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Avoidant personality disorder may also be called anxious personality disorder. A person may feel anxious, lonely, and isolated and may avoid social situations.
Common symptoms reported by people with avoidant personality disorder
Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for avoidant personality disorder
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Compare treatments taken by people with avoidant personality disorder
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have avoidant personality disorder through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with avoidant personality disorder? Members in the forum might have the answers.
Who has avoidant personality disorder on PatientsLikeMe?
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