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Why do we avoid activities, class avoidance makes sense if we consider the short and long term consequences

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of her behavior.

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For example, when her friends invite her to launch, she thinks about the energy she'll have to exert

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to make conversation and the possible questions she will face about how she doing.

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She feels overwhelming and eating at her desk feels safe and predictable.

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Each time she closes her office door and eats alone, she feels a sense of relief which reinforces her

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pattern of avoidance.

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At the same time, Clara is forgetting the positives that come from eating with her work friends while

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she might feel uncomfortable at first.

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In the past, she had really enjoyed herself at the group lunches.

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She would often return to her office feeling energized for the afternoon.

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She was also missing out on the support her friends would offer.

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And they didn't launch short term effects and long term effects, decline relief effort, long term

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effects, isolation and depression, accept short term effects and anxiety for long term effects, enjoyment

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and support to barrelful factors, drive avoidance of activities, an immediate sense of relief from

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dodging what we think will be difficult, and another experiencing the reward from engaging in the activity,

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thereby further diminishing our motivation for it.

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Behavioral activation is designed to break these patterns.