Emotional Avoidance
Cross-source consensus on Emotional Avoidance from 1 sources and 3 claims.
1 sources · 3 claims
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Highlighted claims
- The shared mechanism across addictive behaviors is using activity to escape internal experience rather than engagement with the activity itself. — Running From Yourself: Addiction as Avoidance
- Relentless activity is the primary mechanism through which emotional avoidance is maintained. — Running From Yourself: Addiction as Avoidance
- Inability to sit still prevents the quiet introspection that would force confrontation with underlying emotional pain. — Running From Yourself: Addiction as Avoidance