Job/career ideas for a social recluse.

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I only may imagine how would you feel yourself in Russia, where people are mentally much more curious, and among the majority of population the words "GTFO" are quite usual. There are many such people which just sit near you in the train and continue to ask you different questions all the road. It would be nice if you like the person, but if it would be otherwise or you would have a bad mood this day.

So what are you doing right now? Are you in some form of employment? Online degree?

So what, are you content the way you are? Because if not then all you are doing is giving up.

'Probably' having a disorder isn't good enough reason to give up. Seek help you moron.

You could start your own online web service, but you won't yield much of a profit if you do this by yourself. I suppose you could be the guy who sits in a room all day in case you need to fire a nuclear missile.

Honestly, if you think you have a psychological issue, then you need to see a GP about it (if you're going so far you don't want to go out when people are around this is important). They could refer you to a psychiatrist who will help you with techniques to be more comfortable around people.

I've taken some Open University modules, but basically I currently sponge off of my parents. Why do you ask?

He hasn't been nasty to anyone yet you fire an unnecessary insult at him? You don't know how he feels everyday or how he struggles. You also need help it appears.

My source was the World Health Organisation, which lists the symptoms of Avoidant Personality Disorder as:



Of which I have experienced all but one.

And I'd be the first to admit that I have numerous flaws, but stupidity isn't one of them.

I just wanted validation that you aren't trying at all yet. You've done some modules in open uni so I was wrong, I guess.

I think he is being a moron and so I said it. Why use a pretence and reserve actual thoughts for when someone "deserves" it? That's just plain nonsense.
Thanks for the consult.

Looking at lists of symptoms isn't that good as a self-diagnosis tool, because these lists are written by and for professionals. For example, professional psychologists have had years of training on the scale of severity required to qualify something as a disorder. Even when medics are just looking at lists of symptoms on the internet, they're looking through a very highly educated lens.

The other issue is that a lot of disorders blend into each other, if you just look at written criteria. You might have Avoidant Personality Disorder. You might have something else. You might even have Avoidant Personality Disorder plus another disorder, which is magnifying the effects of the APD.

Go to a doctor, and get a referral to a clinical psychologist.

Good luck OP.

I understand what you're saying and I'm grateful for your advice. However, I must maintain that I do not see how getting diagnosed with a personality disorder (or being told that there's nothing psychologically wrong with me) would change anything or in any way improve my situation.

You know as field-marshall Suvorov had said: " Vek derjis ot doctorov, vot i budesh ti zdorov. " It means: "Hold the doctors on the distance for a century, so you'll be health. "
The life may change him.
There was time, when my school was in 10 minutes walk from home... And the chavs were my terror... After that I had to go to Moscow day by day for 8 years. And I had changed a lot just in two years. So once, when I read in newspaper that several muslim migrants not just rob, but also scalped a man on the way from metro station to the institute, where I had studied... I wasn't much scared or confused. I just went to the store on the railroad station and bought a longer knife.
In reality the life had changed the people during all human history. Without any doctors. It seems that the life is just not so active and interesting as it could be ages ago, when your country was Great Empire and you could join Army easily and fight over the sees. Or you could become pirate and assault Spanish ships.
Now... In my country we don't have such medicine as you have. We don't have nor such kind doctors nor even free "magic pills" from the state. All the medicine cost money, and except the medicine there are it's competitors now: priests who offer you to become health by donating God through them, and wizards, who have captured Russian TV.
Have you seen the advertisement of the TV show on one of our Russian TV channels?
The Death (who looks like in the mediavel stories) came to the old Russian woman to take her, but she hired on her last money the priest and the wizard, who made the death run away. Quite usual scenario of modern Russian TV show, either there appear a priest, either wizard, either if the deal is difficult - they come together.

Read the rest of my post for an explanation on why he isn't being stupid. I'd be surprised if you even have a job that involves social interaction yourself. More than likely you are just a student who spends most of his evenings alone studying, which is fine. It just doesn't give you the right to insult OP.

Some sort of forest ranger. I read about a job like this maybe six months ago. The applicant is left isolated for months on end.

I read the whole thing. Sane people can be irrational and so can insane. I'm not saying he's either but a mental condition doesn't exempt you from rationality.

Actually, I do. I'm also captain of a national sports team and president 2 societies. Just because in blunt that doesn't mean I'm incapable of interaction. Your not very bright, are you?