is it just me or the advice for social anxiety is almost useless for avpd? "it's not so bad. just talk and do stuff. others don't care and you'll feel better" umm I dunno man. I will always be an outsider. I feel bad even if the experience isn't. I still want to disappear at some point. I still feel worse than others and like I don't belong anywhere. I have a feeling deep down that I'm worse than other people. that I shouldn't be seen. that I'm embarrassing myself all the time. even saying a few words. even writing this. I'm embarrassed writing this even though I power through and do it. and I feel like it never goes away. exposure therapy doesn't seem to work on personality disorders. it's some kind of very engrained pattern of self worthlessness and shame that is incredibly hard to get rid of as an adult