Principlev1PR-2030
Recognize experiential avoidance by asking whether avoidance
Recognize experiential avoidance by asking whether avoidance behavior moves you toward values or away from them — tactical withdrawal serves values through strategic retreat, while experiential avoidance constricts life to prevent feeling.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Experiential avoidance (attempting to alter the form… (experiential avoidance as transdiagnostic risk factor) and Values exist in a hierarchical structure with terminal… (values exist in hierarchical structure). The principle provides a diagnostic question to distinguish healthy strategic withdrawal from pathological avoidance based on value-alignment rather than comfort-seeking.