Avoidant personality disorder
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Avoidant personality disorder is a disorder whose central feature is social withdrawal combined with hypersensitivity to rejection. There is evidence that it is also a common cause of obesity and overeating.
Sources
Abnormal Psychology, Rosenhan & Seligman, 1984