But a condition called pathological demand avoidance – or PDA – is an extreme form of this behaviour, in which the impulse to avoid demands becomes all-encompassing and can trigger fear, panic ...

Do you struggle with demand avoidance – when the moment something feels like a demand, you’re reluctant to do it? In her new book, How To Be You, Ellie Middleton explores why. One of my ...

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His provider suggested he might identify with pathological demand avoidance, a cluster of traits in which people often experience extreme anxiety about everyday demands. For children like mine ...

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