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Experiential avoidance (attempting to alter the form,

Experiential avoidance functions as a transdiagnostic risk factor across anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and chronic pain.

Why This Is an Axiom

This is an empirical claim grounded in Hayes et al.'s 1996 research and represents a foundational empirical finding about how avoidance operates across psychological conditions. It is not derived from other axioms—it is an observed pattern that the curriculum builds upon.

Source Lessons

L-1535

Avoiding suffering avoidance

The attempt to avoid all suffering often creates more suffering than it prevents.

L-1530

The practice of sitting with suffering

Not fleeing from pain but staying present with it builds emotional strength.

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