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Avoidant personality disorder (AvPD) or anxious personality disorder is a Cluster C personality disorder characterized by excessive social anxiety and inhibition, fear of intimacy (despite an intense desire for it), severe feelings of inadequacy and inferiority, and an overreliance on avoidance of feared stimuli (e.g. self-imposed social isolation) as a maladaptive coping method. [1]
People with avoidant personality disorder, a Cluster C personality disorder.As the name suggests, the main coping mechanism of those with AvPD is avoidance of feared stimuli.
301.7 Antisocial personality disorder; 301.83 Borderline personality disorder; 301.50 Histrionic personality disorder; 301.81 Narcissistic personality disorder; Cluster C (anxious or fearful): 301.82 Avoidant personality disorder; 301.6 Dependent personality disorder; 301.4 Obsessive–compulsive personality disorder; NOS: 301.9 Personality ...
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People with avoidant personality disorder may struggle with emotional closeness because they view themselves negatively and fear criticism.
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People with avoidant personality disorder (11 P) Pages in category "Cluster C personality disorders" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Group C personality disorders are characterised by a consistent pattern of anxious thinking or behavior. [20] Avoidant personality disorder – pervasive feelings of social inhibition and inadequacy, and extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation; Dependent personality disorder – pervasive psychological need to be cared for by other people