Has anyone here been diagnosed with PDA? How do you know you have it? Are people with PDA very passive-aggressive? I've always been avoidant, but I used to as a child always do what I was asked...even if I didn't want to and it was kind of obvious since I'm easy to read. Even if I didn't particularly like the person and felt kind of picked on, I would still do it.
Then at adolescence, my depression increased and I developed severe anxiety, and then I became defiant and didn't want to do what I was told anymore. It got a little better several years later when I went on lamictal (well barely, it just made me less irritable), but the avoidance of my own wants and the demands of myself and others didn't get much better.
I've had a real job before, and I had to hide my facial expressions as much as possible...I could do the job, but it was very tiring for me. In general, I've always had fatigue but the avoidance seems to be caused by something else.
And yes, I'm also passive aggressive towards people who want to control me. I don't think that's related to PDA or compulsive avoidance, though. Are there tactics to deal with this? I'm in my early 20s and starting to get self-conscious that I don't feel "grown up". Seriously, I'm going to work on this and post here about it. I have to find a solution for myself and once I do I'll try to post.
29 Oct 2016, 5:46 pm
