
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Psychology Unplugged
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The Avoidant Personality
The avoidant personality will only put themselves in those situations with the people that they know are going to accept them and approve them without ridicule or judgment. When you're dealing with a very fragile sense of self, there's not not a lot of margin for errors. These individuals tend to be quiet, inhibited, invisible because of the fear that any attention would be degrading or rejecting no matter what they say.
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