Shame doesn’t soften with time—it just finds new ways to hide. This post explores what happens when avoidance grows older but never grows up.

Individuals with avoidant personality disorder have often learned to rely on themselves. They may struggle with emotional awareness, emotion regulation, vulnerability, intimacy, and communication.

Your relationship patterns might have roots you never knew about. Have you ever felt a frustrating, almost invisible wall between you and your partner, especially when things get emotionally serious?

People should remember that someone who pulls an "avoidant discard" on them has issues to work out on their own; it's not a reflection on you or your relationship. "It can leave the victim who ...

Avoidant + avoidant: Two avoidants are probably unlikely to date, as they'll both be trying to swerve intimacy. And if they do, it could cause problems.

The word “ conflict ” usually brings to mind raised voices or awkward tension—outcomes most people—especially ...

A fearful-avoidant attachment style, then, designates some deficits in what you might have received from your caretakers in childhood. Read on for insight into this attachment style and what you ...

Avoidant personality disorder (AVPD) is a mental health condition characterized by long-term patterns of anxious and fearful behavior around interpersonal interactions and relationships. Its ...