Intimacy and Vulnerability Avoidance Disorder (IVAD) β‘
Definition :
IVAD is a mental and neurological disorder where one is fully or mostly unable to express intimate feelings or vulnerability towards others. Let it be known that this is not due to choice or desire to not share these things, but from a literal inability, mostly in a form of mental block and/or intense, irrational anxiety or panic surrounding the act. PwIVAD also experience extremely low self-esteem, and: A) cannot perceive or think of themself as a sentient being. and/or B) experience dysphoria at being perceived and/or treated as a sentient being. PwIVAD also commonly have NPD and/or depressive disorders.
IVAD typically stems from childhood abuse, but this is not a requirement for diagnosis.
Pink - Cognitive difference White - Unity and the undiagnosed Blue - self-esteem issues Purple - Anxiety and avoidance
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