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When Fear and Exhaustion Shape Personality: Exploring Cluster C Traits (Paperback)
When Fear and Exhaustion Shape Personality — Exploring Cluster C Traits
Some people survive by being careful.
They plan ahead. They avoid mistakes. They keep everyone happy. They carry responsibility long after everyone else has gone home. From the outside they often appear dependable, organized, and capable.
Inside, they may feel exhausted.
This book explores the personality patterns commonly associated with Cluster C traits, including avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive adaptations. It also introduces the “tightrope pattern,” a familiar experience for many high-functioning people who appear composed while quietly living with chronic anxiety and relentless self-pressure.
Inside you’ll discover
why fear often hides beneath perfectionism and over-responsibility
how avoidance, dependency, and obsessive-compulsive adaptations develop
the hidden strengths within conscientiousness and caution
practical CBT, Gestalt, and psychodynamic exercises
gentle strategies for reducing anxiety while preserving what matters most
closing chapters on worry and overload, flexible responses in relationships, and putting your own plan to work
Written with warmth and clinical clarity, this guide helps readers understand why these patterns developed and how they can gradually become more flexible without sacrificing the sense of safety they once provided.
Part of the Logic of Personality Series, an accessible collection exploring personality as adaptive survival rather than pathology.
Begin replacing constant vigilance with greater flexibility, confidence, and self-compassion.
When Fear and Exhaustion Shape Personality — Exploring Cluster C Traits
Some people survive by being careful.
They plan ahead. They avoid mistakes. They keep everyone happy. They carry responsibility long after everyone else has gone home. From the outside they often appear dependable, organized, and capable.
Inside, they may feel exhausted.
This book explores the personality patterns commonly associated with Cluster C traits, including avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive adaptations. It also introduces the “tightrope pattern,” a familiar experience for many high-functioning people who appear composed while quietly living with chronic anxiety and relentless self-pressure.
Inside you’ll discover
why fear often hides beneath perfectionism and over-responsibility
how avoidance, dependency, and obsessive-compulsive adaptations develop
the hidden strengths within conscientiousness and caution
practical CBT, Gestalt, and psychodynamic exercises
gentle strategies for reducing anxiety while preserving what matters most
closing chapters on worry and overload, flexible responses in relationships, and putting your own plan to work
Written with warmth and clinical clarity, this guide helps readers understand why these patterns developed and how they can gradually become more flexible without sacrificing the sense of safety they once provided.
Part of the Logic of Personality Series, an accessible collection exploring personality as adaptive survival rather than pathology.
Begin replacing constant vigilance with greater flexibility, confidence, and self-compassion.
Author: Rahim Thawer, MSW, RSW
Publisher: The Politicized Practitioner™
Publication Date: November 13, 2024
Language: English
Print Length: 111 pages
ISBN-13: 9798895901793
Item Weight: 7.8 ounces
Dimensions: 6 × 0.25 × 9 inches
