avoidant

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Avoidant personality disorder is characterized by extreme social anxiety. People with this disorder often feel inadequate, avoid social situations, and seek out jobs with little contact with others. They are fearful of being rejected and worry about embarassing themselves in front of others. They exaggerate the potential difficulties of new situations to rationalize avoiding them. Often, they will create fantasy worlds to substitute for the real one. Unlike schizoid personality disorder, avoidant people yearn for social relations yet feel they are unable to obtain them. They are frequently depressed and have low self-confidence.

Tue 26th February 2002

Dr Siklos made a pretty good joke to illustrate a point about not being able to see the wood for the trees. The joke was quite long so I have decided that I can't be arsed to write it all out and also this will maintain a degree of mystery and interest in maths lectures rather than shattering the illusion that they are fun.