I hide myself too. So hard. Never use to be like this. Hard to wrap my head around. People don't understand and I've lost some friends over it. I don't know how I became so recluse. Like others, I get anxiety if I have to go somewhere. That the part I don't understand I guess. It's definitely a lonely disease.

i do. i have become almost totally isolated except for a few close friends. i stay away from the computer if i don't want to answer messages, i don't talk on the phone. and other things. my boyfriend lives with me because i am too sick to take care of myself. i don't know what this "avoidance behavior" is all about. i think there is something significant to it though, although that seems odd. the only thing i have come up with so far is that with me stress is a major bugaboo in bringing out my symptoms. so i think i stay away from things at times when i am feeling vulnerable and don't want to deal with anything that could potentially be stressful. i don't worry about it though. i am content with my dogs. and my boyfriend!

My husband has given up on spending time with me and has left me alone on weekends for years (he has become a bike marathoner) and I have become a recluse. I also procrastinate where I used to be a successful trial attorney...

I have found myself doing the same thing. I've never been like this before. It's lonely, lonely disease. People don't understand because they don't live with it. Nights after no sleep because of the pain lI'm really not in the I go to Drs tomorrow. Not even sure what to bring up to her..I've been seeing her for 2 years and really not to much has been done in regard to this. Any suggestions? Thank you..in my pryers

I have the same thing happening with me. For some reason I feel that I just do not have the energy or something. I now have an old friend probably thinking that I do not want to talk to him (he called and left a vm message to reconnect as he had moved and we lost touch) because I just can not seem to pick up the phone. If it were not for FB, I would not be in contact even with my own family. The friend I need to call does not have a FB account nor do I know if he has a personal email account. I feel a bit better to know that I am not alone in having this happen.