Deeply Functional
Experiential Avoidance: When Protection Begins to Narrow Life
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The Hexagon in Reverse — Part 3 of 7
What happens when efforts to protect ourselves from discomfort begin organizing more and more of our lives?
This episode explores experiential avoidance as an inflexibility process within ACT. Todd examines avoidance not as weakness, resistance, or pathology, but as an understandable attempt to gain safety and relief. Difficulties develop when thoughts,…