Pathological demand avoidance (PDA) is defined as when an individual goes to great lengths to evade or ignore “demands.” Although PDA is not a formal mental health diagnosis listed in the ...

What's going on? What makes Charlie's behavior—that some are calling "pathological demand avoidance"—different to the defiance most children show their parents or caregivers from time-to-time?

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 ...