Principlev1
Treat avoidance in reflection as diagnostic data pointing
Treat avoidance in reflection as diagnostic data pointing toward the topics most important to your development, not as personal failure to overcome.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Cognitive Dissonance Drives Information Avoidance (cognitive dissonance as genuine distress) and Experiential avoidance (attempting to alter the form, (experiential avoidance as transdiagnostic risk). The principle reframes resistance as information rather than deficiency — resistance intensity correlates with developmental importance. This is prescriptive about how to interpret avoidance patterns.