Understanding Emotional Avoidance and Learning to Tolerate Uncomfortable Feelings | Anxiety and Depression Association of America, ADAA
From time to time it is quite normal to avoid a situation, person, place, or thing that might trigger an undesirable emotion, but when it interferes with your daily functioning and/or becomes a problematic recurring issue, it is clinically defined as emotional avoidance. Fortunately, emotional avoidance is treatable, and many people go on to live healthier, fuller, more assertive lives.
