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avoidance behavior |
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avoidance behavior, n a conscious or unconscious defense mechanism by which a person tries to escape from unpleasant situations or feelings, such as anxiety and pain. |
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Once you start to avoid all social and public interactions, you may be diagnosed with a more serious problem of avoidant personality disorder. But she also heeded destructive urges to abuse a wide variety of drugs and to seek anonymous sexual encounters, felt intensely self-conscious, careened between anxiety and depression, and showed other signs of what DSM labels borderline personality disorder, And to complete the triple whammy, her extreme inhibition and timidity supported a diagnosis of avoidant personality disorder. |
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