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Name: Simba
State: India
Story:
I am not doing too bad. I have a job, wife and two healthy, intelligent
daughters, neither yet "shy", and about 10 or less good friends whom I can
rely on.
This ..in a nut shell is me. And what follows is my life..
0. Dad believed in "Spare the rod, .spoil the child" and also criticized me
a lot.
1. I was called "shy" by my kindergarten teacher.
2. Then until adolescence it was not too bad. Actually I wasn't shy but very
talkative.
But I missed many social gatherings and was awfully hurt when rejected. In
fact, I went to great lengths to avoid rejection.
3. At 18 I had the horrid delusion that people were actually "spitting" on
me when they cleared their throats or coughed up sputum! It did not take off
all the way to Schizophrenia though!
4. I can talk to anyone, speak publicly if needed (I will not invite this)
etc.
5. But, I spend most of the time indoors except for shopping and going to
work.
6. While I can do a lot and have won awards from my company, topped the
state in exams etc. I still believe I am a "good for nothing" idiot. So much
so that I wouldn't like to meet anyone new!
It was ONLY last month that I came to know "AVOIDANTS" was a kind of people
and I was one of them.
So to my brother and sister avoidants. don't let being an AVOIDANT bog you
down. Do something about it. It's like being blind (in this case to your own
worth as a person)...so learn BRAILLE! LOL!
Go on. I'm going to do the same!
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