I don't know if this kind of situation is considered "avoidance"? Sometimes I will talk to my friend telling him that I feel depressed or about a conflict I had with someone and he thinks that I was wrong. When we have that conversation, he would just hang up on me. He doesn't want to hear anymore.

Another case of what I feel is "avoidance", and that's done on my part. There's one guy at work who brags quite a bit. It seems like his life is perfect. He tells me how wonderful his wife and kids are and how it's unfortunate not to have that. I've never been married, so that's not what I want to hear. And with health, he never has to worry. He's older than I am. There are times I want to avoid him because I get tired of it. Yet I can take other people telling me how bad their lives are much easier.