- Guess at what normal is
- Have trouble following directions
- Have trouble following a project from beginning to end
- Lie when it is easier to tell the truth
- Are extremely hard on themselves, judge others harshly
- Are extremely serious, often lacking senses of humor
- Have difficulty making friends and keeping them
- Have difficulties with change
- Constantly need approval from others in order to feel good about themselves
- Need to be and feel accepted
- Are afraid of abandonment
- Believe they do not quite fit in
- Are very rigid or stuck in attitudes or behaviors
- Are either super responsible or super irresponsible
- Are extremely loyal, even if the loyalty is undeserved
- Have a sense of low self-esteem and shame around not being able to do things "right"
- Have difficulty making decisions. They do not know they have choices.
- Are perfectionistic
- Cannot identify feelings easily
- Taken from Janet G. Woititz, Ed.D
