But,
avoiding emotional discomfort is usually a short - term solution that leads to long - term problems.
Not exact matches
Trying to
avoid physical
discomfort, control disease processes, and / or appease dominating fears of physical or
emotional insecurities, without real substance and contemplating the drive that fuels them, could actually perpetuate the very cycle one is trying to break.
People who ghost are primarily focused on
avoiding their own
emotional discomfort and they aren't thinking about how it makes the other person feel.
For many others the
emotional or psychological
discomfort associated with establishing a public profile has led to a conscious decision to
avoid it at all cost.
The underlying rule being taught is that
emotional discomfort should be
avoided and access to immediate pleasant emotion is the goal.
In some circumstances, protective discipline practices may serve to
avoid difficult situations for the child (and parent) and may thereby reduce the parent's
emotional discomfort (e.g., performing a task for the child may prevent the child or parent from becoming embarrassed by the child's limitations).