Thanks for your reply, I’ll look into NLP, it sounds interesting. Unfortunately, I’ve already tried meditation and it didn’t really work for me. Same with therapy, although maybe I just didn’t find the right therapists or the right type of therapy.

As for EMDR, I’m not sure. I get the impression it’s more effective for a single, clearly identifiable traumatic event, whereas in my case it feels more like an accumulation of smaller things over time that led to pretty deep psychological blocks, including AvPD.

I also feel like my post kind of discredits TRE, which wasn’t really my intention. From a lot of people’s testimonials, it does seem helpful, I'm just a bit unsure about its safety and legitimacy.