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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]
In a 2012 study of a sample of 54 young adults with Asperger syndrome, it was found that 26% of them also met criteria for SPD, the highest comorbidity out of any personality disorder in the sample (the other comorbidities were 19% for obsessive–compulsive personality disorder, 13% for avoidant personality disorder and one female with ...
Pathological demand avoidance (PDA), or extreme demand avoidance (EDA), is a proposed pervasive developmental disorder characterized by greater-than-typical refusal to comply with requests or expectations—demand avoidance—and extreme efforts to avoid social demands. [1]
People with the disorder have a few things in common. Their feelings of inadequacy and a hypersensitivity to criticism can be isolating. This Is What It Feels Like to Live With Avoidant ...
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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 ...
Borderline personality disorder is seen in association with mood and anxiety disorders, with impulse-control disorders, eating disorders, ADHD, ASD, or a substance use disorder. Avoidant personality disorder is seen with social anxiety disorder.
People with avoidant personality disorder may struggle with emotional closeness because they view themselves negatively and fear criticism.