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Avoidant Attachment Disorder Symptoms

There are four attachment styles in adults with the avoidant attachment style belonging to the insecure category or level and having two forms; the dismissive-avoidant and the fearful-avoidant. A person with avoidant attachment disorder and is dismissive-avoidant often do not find it comfortable to engage in emotional relationships and is one who considers himself or […]

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Fearful Avoidant Attachment Disorder in Adults

When it comes to relationships, be it romantic, work-related or friendships, people exhibit attachment styles. And although attachment theory has been associated with the relationship between a primary caregiver and a child, this has extended onto adulthood with the fearful avoidant attachment style being one of the four. According to experts, this attachment style classified […]

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Fearful Avoidant Attachment Disorder Treatment

When it comes to relationships as adults, there are four attachment styles that can affect how a person deals with the relationship, his or her partner and oneself. This theory of attachment has existed since the 1960s and the 1970s but it was a decade later that it had extended to adult relationships. From the […]

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Avoidant Personality Disorder vs Social Phobia

Avoidant Personality Disorder and Social Phobia are both mental disorders that are personality disorder and clinical syndrome, respectively. AvPd is one of the more common personality disorders and about 5% to 7% of people can be diagnosed with the disorder while around 20% of the U.S. population has social anxiety with 2% to 3% having […]

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Avoidant Personality Disorder Prognosis

Avoidant Personality Disorder is a Cluster C personality disorder and is also referred to as anxious personality disorder. This mental illness can be challenging since a person who is suffering from AvPD finds it hard to trust other people and be open about their feelings. People with this mental disorder are uncomfortable with being in […]

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Avoidant Personality Disorder Treatment Plan

About 1% to 2.5 % of Americans suffer from Avoidant Personality Disorder, one of the numerous mental illnesses that can affect the behavioral patterns and consequently, the relationships of people at work and with family and friends. An individual diagnosed with Avoidant Personality Disorder has trust issues in that he or she is reluctant to […]

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Fearful Avoidant Attachment Style

One of the four attachment styles that have been identified in adults is fearful-avoidant attachment style. Attachment is a sort of bond between a child and a primary caregiver which extends to a person’s adulthood and his or her different aspects of relationships such as romantic and friendship. An individual with fearful-avoidant attachment style is […]

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Dismissive Avoidant Attachment Disorder Style

People differ from each other not only in physical appearance and character traits. They also have differences when it comes to attachment styles or their romantic relationships with their partners and other people they interact with. In psychology, there are four attachment styles, namely: secure, anxious-preoccupied, dismissive-avoidant and fearful-avoidant. In this particular discussion, we will […]

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Distancing Avoidant Personality Disorder

Avoidant Personality Disorder is a mental health condition that can affect a patient in all aspects of life, from self-perception to perception of other people. It includes having intense anxiety, embarrassment, fear of rejection, distress at work, home and community, little or no feeling of pleasure and social withdrawal, among others. This is not the […]

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Conflicted Avoidant Personality Disorder

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders handbook, avoidant personality disorder (AvPD) affects persons who display a pattern of social inhibition, often considering themselves to be socially inept, which is why they avoid social interaction for fear of being rejected, ridiculed or humiliated. They are also extremely sensitive to negative feedback and […]

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