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2021’s Biggest Conversations: Pathological Demand Avoidance (from episode 85)

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Pathological Demand Avoidance in Children and Adults

P d a is pathological demand ofvoidance. It can be different for every single person, and it's not conscious think or intent driven. We don't get a lot of choice over how our brain responds to things so often we're held hostage to our own demand avoidance. Before i knew that i was a pediea, i could not cope with things go, you know, not according to my plan, but not in an artistic way. So i would project that on to my children and on to my colleagues. And i was very difficult to bear round. I can't work for other people because i require extreme amounts of autonomy and flexibility. The important thing for people to understand

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