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news:1174444642.255026.178420@e1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > It's been over 9 months now since I told 2 people about AVPD. I have If someone told you they had anger management problems would you be able to John
> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.social-phobia/browse_frm/t... My opinion be that you can only help yourself. If you have someone already
> to
> come to grips now with the reality that they are not going to help me.
> I didn't get the kind of empathetic reaction I hoped for at the
> outset and even when I try to point out how they respond to me in a
> way that makes me feel rejected, they don't seem to get it. Both of
> them want to just have casual conversations from time-to-time and are
> willing to ignore me for days when I withdraw, despite now knowing
> something about what that means. They don't dislike me; they just
> aren't going to help me. I wasn't interested in help from anyone
> else, so this is very discouraging.
close to you, they can support you, but even then you can only help
yourself.
help them? I somewhat doubt it, only they can help themselves. What would
you do? You could possibly support them and encourage them, but thats about
the most you can do, and even thats asking alot.