When you have avoidant personality disorder, a type of mental disorder that impairs the way you interact with others, fear and anxiety are so intense they get in the way of functioning.

But when you have avoidant personality disorder, a type of mental disorder that impairs the way you interact with others, fear and anxiety are so intense they get in the way of functioning.

Though everyone exhibits attachment styles — anxious if they fear abandonment, and avoidant if they fear closeness — people with avoidant personality disorder (AVPD) experience that fear at an ...

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 ...

People with avoidant personality disorder experience that fear at a pervasive level, Anthony Smith, a mental health counselor with 17 years of experience, told Insider.

Treating avoidant personality disorder with combined individual metacognitive interpersonal therapy and group mentalization-based treatment: A pilot study. The Journal of Nervous and Mental ...

People with avoidant personality disorder have so much fear of being rejected by others that they choose to isolate themselves. The most prominent feeling people with the condition have is anxiety ...

It's not unusual to display anxious, needy, or fearful personality traits on occasion—these feelings are all part of the ...

Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) and Avoidant Personality Disorder (AvPD) share characteristics, most obvious being the avoidance of social situations. At first glance, this may create difficulties ...