What is avoidant personality disorder

The main reason for the formation of avoidant personality is a sense of inferiority. Psychologists believe that the sense of inferiority originates from the feeling of incompetence and pain caused by one's incompetence in childhood, as well as the mentality of belittling oneself and believing that one is inferior to others in certain aspects due to physiological or psychological defects (such as intelligence, memory, personality, etc.). Specifically, there are several reasons for the generation of inferiority complex:

1. Insufficient self-awareness and underestimation of oneself. Everyone always uses others as a mirror to understand themselves. If others give a lower evaluation of themselves, it will affect their understanding of themselves and thus underestimate themselves. Some people have found that introverted individuals are more willing to accept low evaluations from others than high evaluations from others; In the process of comparing oneself with others, one also likes to compare one's own shortcomings with others' strengths. This way, the more one compares, the more discouraged they become, and the more they compare, the more inferiority they feel.

2. Negative self suggestion suppresses self-confidence. When everyone faces a new situation, they will self evaluate whether they have the ability to cope. Some people often feel 'I can't do it' due to a lack of self-awareness. Due to such negative self suggestion in advance, it can suppress self-confidence, increase tension, create psychological burden, and inevitably result in poor work results. This result in a negative feedback effect that affects future behavior, leading to a vicious cycle and further exacerbating the sense of inferiority.

3. The impact of setbacks. Some people have high sensitivity to neural processes and low tolerance. Therefore, even minor setbacks can bring them a heavy blow, making them negative and pessimistic.

In addition, physiological defects, gender, background, economic conditions, and work units may all be the reasons for the emergence of inferiority complex. This sense of inferiority remains unchanged and over time becomes a part of one's personality, leading to behavioral withdrawal and avoidance attitudes, forming an avoidable personality disorder.

Article source: Jiangmen Psychological Consultationhttp://www.jmbsxl.com