If you try to create and sustain a romantic relationship with someone who has an avoidant personality, or the full-blown personality disorder known as Avoidant Personality Disorder, the experience can ...

Clear communication, authenticity, and professional guidance are some ways to strengthen your relationship with someone who has avoidant personality disorder. Avoidant personality disorder (AVPD) is a ...

How a person sees themselves and how they engage in their closest relationships can be a product of their unique attachment style. A person’s attachment style may be shaped in part in their formative ...

It could be negatively impacting your relationships. When we form a relationship with a partner, family member or close friend, inevitably, we bring our emotional baggage along too. And there’s ...

Are you dating an avoidant type? You know, the hyper-independent type that is uncomfortable with any form of emotional intimacy? If you are, then you're probably having issues with meeting them where ...

EVERYONE IS SENSITIVE to criticism sometimes and wants to be accepted and liked by others. When you become so hypersensitive that you worry you’re constantly being judged and have chronic feelings of ...

If there was one go-to guidebook for relationships, you bet most people would commit it to memory. But humans are innately complex, emotional beings with a distinctive combination of chromosomes and ...

Avoiding commitment: For an avoidant friend, the idea of being "locked in" or feeling obligated can trigger their discomfort ...

You hate weddings and loathe Valentine’s Day. You gag at PDA. Every time you start to get close to someone new, you lace up your New Balances and sprint in the opposite direction. If you just won this ...

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People with avoidant personality disorder (AVPD) desire close and fulfilling relationships. At the same time, they keep distance to avoid criticism and rejection. People with AVPD tend to avoid social ...