Which of the following types of avoidance can be characterized as experiential avoidance?

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Experiential avoidance includes strategies aimed at avoiding thoughts, feelings, memories, physical sensations, and other internal experiences even when doing so creates harm in the long-run. Both interoceptive avoidance (avoiding sensations within the body) and distraction behaviors (engaging in activities to divert attention from unpleasant internal experiences) fall under this category. Safety behaviors, while related to avoidance, are more about preventing feared outcomes in external situations rather than the internal experience itself.

Which of the Following Types of Avoidance Can Be Characterized