Project Overview
I am currently writing a book about my personal experiences with mental health, and I'm looking for a volunteer to illustrate the book. Right now, I am projecting 30 chapters with at least one illustration per chapter. This is a memoir of my life dealing with a mental health condition called Avoidant Personality (AVPD).
AVP includes major depression, severe social anxiety, fear of authority figures, extreme sensitivity to rejection, extreme sensitivity to criticism, and a host of other symptoms. I am writing this as the executive director of the Avoidant Personality Research Center located in Boise, Idaho.
Avoidants.org is a nonprofit organization that focuses on a mental health condition called Avoidant Personality, or AVPD. AVPD affects around 2 to 5% of the population of the entire world, but it's little known and not talked about much.
AVPD includes Major Depression, Severe Social Anxiety, fear of going outside, fear of authority, and a lot more, which makes AVPD one of the worst mental health issues in the world.
We have developed a website, Avoidants.org. We have a Google grant. We have a lot of ongoing projects to build up various parts of the Center and get the word out about AVPD. Someone is currently working on Zoho, marketing, and various other aspects. I am writing a book, I do a weekly podcast, and also local events in an effort to bring more awareness to the cause.
Nonprofit Overview
Avoidant Personality Research Center (APRC) is a 501c3 nonprofit located in Meridian, Idaho. We focus on mental health and specifically a condition called Avoidant Personality (Avpd). Avoidants.org is our old site but we are in the process of creating a new one.
Avpd is a mental condition that includes Major Depression, Severe Social Anxiety, fear of people, fear of going outside, Extreme sensitivity to criticism, extreme sensitivity to Rejection, and much more. See our website for additional details and symptoms.
As I am sure you are aware, mental disorders are running rampant in our society. To see evidence of this, all one has to do is watch the news The news is full of stories of mass killings, suicide, suicide by cops, school shootings, and many other violent crimes.
Many of the people who carried out these atrocities were mentally ill and suffered from conditions like Avoidant Personality. These might have been able to be avoided if the perpetrators had received the help that they needed.
It is to this end that APRC wants to help. We are a small nonprofit with a very big vision. Our mission is to:
• Research and gather data on Avoidant Personality
• Raise Awareness of Avoidant Personality
• Teach Businesses, Churches, Governments, Schools, and anyone else who wants to learn about Avoidant Personality
• Help those that are suffering from Avoidant Personality
• Help Loved Ones who are trying to be in successful relationships with someone who has, or they suspect has, Avoidant Personality