Posted by AndrewB on August 5, 2000, at 10:17:37
In reply to Social anxiety vs. Avoidant personality disorder, posted by anita on August 4, 2000, at 13:23:52
Anita,
I used to get the numbness and boredom without the anxiety. I guess it is a kind of emotional detachment from continual anxiety.
I saw a study that said social detachment was associated with dopaminergic malfunction. I've also read studies that indicate both social anxiety and extroversion have dopaminergic involvement.
Do dopaminergics still make you irritable after awhile. Did you ever find out why. How are you? How are your medications?
By the way, Avoidant Personality Disorder is described by some as a more extreme version of social anxiety, where the phobia is so strong the individual may even bunker down in their house.
Social anxiety with dysthymics was described in one book as being different in flavor form typical social phobia. While the dysthymic 'patients do fear situations in which they may be exposed to the scrutiny of others'....'they would prefer to stay home not because of social phobia but because of the lack of pleasure on enjoying contact with others, strangers and intimate people equally.’ (From 'The Spectrum of Chronic Depressions')
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