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Symptoms
MOOD SWINGS
- Impulsive and uninhibited
- Passive and with drawn one minute, switching to volatile temper tantrums
the next.
- Unpredictable; may need 24 hour supervision
DEFENSIVE AND STUBBORN
- Unable (not unwilling) to accept responsibility
- Self-centered; behave as if the world revolves around them
- Always having to have their own way and willing to do anything to
have it
- Demand and expect immediate gratification.
- Skilled at shifting blame
- Engaging and charismatic yet creative at reframing reality (lying
stealing, etc.)
LACK OF SELF-DISCIPLINE
- Moral chameleons; excessive vulnerability to peer influence.
- Hyperactive in non-goal directed activity.
- Unable to stay focused on task, ie to follow rules, finish household
chores, school assignments or keep commitments.
- Shortsighted
- Impulsive sexually (aggressive or vulnerable)
GENUINE INNOCENCE AND DETACHED ATTITUDE
- Toward the predicaments they get themselves and their families into.
- Toward authority when caught breaking the rules of society.
- Toward their behavior and consequences.
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