In order to avoid negative effects of trauma, individuals with dissociative disorders may engage in all of the following except __________ .

Emotional avoidance, repression, and dissociation can each serve as ways of distancing oneself from painful or traumatic experiences. Vulnerability is not an avoidance strategy; it means being open to emotional harm or distress. Therefore, the exception is vulnerability, choice D.

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