Those with avoidant personalities tend to use perfectionism to delay decisions, telling themselves that they'll only be able to make meaningful choices when they're perfect.

Avoidant personality disorder causes significant problems that affect the ability to interact with others and maintain relationships in day-to-day life.

People with avoidant personality disorder may struggle with emotional closeness because they view themselves negatively and fear criticism.

People with avoidant personality disorder have a pervasive fear of emotional closeness. It stems from a lack of self-esteem starting in childhood.

The avoidant personality isn't uncommon but gets little clinical attention. Sufferers often endure silently and with comorbid depression, making recognition an important issue.

Avoidant personality disorder is one of a group of personality disorders. It’s characterized by being hypersensitive to rejection and criticism, needing uncritical acceptance, withdrawing from ...

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Dismissive avoidant attachment is an attachment style in which someone has trouble relying on and forming close emotional bonds with other people.

Netflix’s new docuseries 'Monsters Inside' is one of many shows and movies that have explored dissociative identity disorder — to varying success.

It's no surprise that many characters in pop culture are described as narcissistic, even though not all of them meet the criteria for the disorder.