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Emotional Avoidance Assessment

A gentle check-in on how you relate to uncomfortable emotions — distraction, numbing, and the small ways we leave ourselves when things feel too much. No judgment, just a quiet mirror.

8 questions · ~2 min · PrivateSelf-report · Not a diagnosis

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What do you do when feelings are too loud to ignore?

Avoidance isn't failure — it's usually protection. This check-in maps four common patterns: distraction urge, numbing habits, presence capacity, and how safe you feel feeling what you feel.

Distraction urgeModerate

62%

Present with feelingsModerate

48%

Numbing habitsModerate

56%

Feeling-safe trustModerate

44%

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Common patterns

Three faces of avoidance

None of these are “bad.” They are all smart adaptations that once kept you safe. The question is whether they still fit the life you want now.

Pattern 1

The Scroll

When stress builds, attention moves to the nearest screen. Work, feeds, games — anything that replaces the feeling with input. Afterward: relief mixed with faint emptiness.

Notice the urge before you reach
One breath between trigger and action

Pattern 2

The Busy

Productivity as anesthesia. Calendar full, checkmarks stacking — and underneath, feelings you haven't had time to name in months. The crash usually comes on quiet Sundays.

Schedule a 10-minute empty slot today
Ask: “What am I not feeling right now?”

Pattern 3

The Numb

Food, substances, fatigue, or a slow flatness that “fine” can't quite cover. Feelings go underground and resurface as body tension, irritation, or that hollow tiredness.

Name one body sensation without fixing it
Tiredness sometimes carries uncried tears

Question 1 of 8 · ~2 min

When a painful feeling shows up, my first instinct is to distract myself until it goes away.

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