Avoidant Personality Disorder (APD) is marked by severe social anxiety, poor self-image, and difficulties in forming relationships. Those with APD often hide from negative emotions and existential fears. Perfectionism serves as an avoidant coping mechanism, leading these individuals to believe that achieving an ideal self will help alleviate their anxiety. Despite efforts in self-help and therapy, many avoidant types may remain stagnant. Existential reflections from theorists like Irvin Yalom suggest that the deep-rooted avoidance stems from a fear of life's transience, linking the refusal to engage with life as a strategy to avoid the ultimate fear of death.
Avoidant personality disorder is characterized by a poor self-image and extreme social anxiety, often leading individuals to use perfectionism as a coping mechanism.
Perfectionism, as an avoidant strategy, stems from the belief that one's ideal self is just a step away, promoting continuous self-improvement and avoidance of vulnerability.
Irvin Yalom posits that many hide from life to avoid death, resonating with Otto Rank's insight that some refuse lifeâs loan to evade debt.
Avoidant individuals often exist in their minds, struggling with forming relationships and fearing the embarrassment of being vulnerable, all tied to their self-image.
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