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Emotional avoidance: the regulation strategy of preventing

Emotional avoidance: the regulation strategy of preventing emotions from arising in the first place, typically by avoiding trigger situations, which preserves short-term comfort at the cost of restricted life scope and unprocessed emotional debt

Why This Is a Definition

Genus: strategy preventing emotional arising. Differentia: avoids triggers, restricts life scope.

Source Lessons

L-1211

Emotional suppression versus emotional avoidance

Suppression pushes emotions down while avoidance prevents them from arising — both have costs.

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