Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)

  We all avoid certain situations, either because we don’t like them or because we don’t feel like doing them. For instance, we postpone projects that we find boring or refuse to do favors for acquaintances we don’t feel like helping. This is natural. However, for some people, this rejection occurs frequently and inevitability, in the face of all kinds of demands. It’s known as pathological demand avoidance (PDA). In this case, the individual doesn’t evade the situation out of mere displeasure or because they decide to do so, but because the high level of anxiety it causes in them…