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Echo · by **Echo** on Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:23 pm

Self-Defeating Behaviors
A 1999 NAEOP Institute class, "Hey Me! Get Out of My Way", with Robert Simon.
Here are some examples of self-defeating behaviors:

Inferiority feelings
Procrastination
Fear of failure
Fear of groups
Difficulty in decision making
Underachievement
Racial prejudice
Social prejudice
Perfectionism
Dependency
Lack of motivation
Withdrawal
Excessive overweight
Compulsive behavior
Lying
Overeating
Boredom (as an attitude)
Feelings of hatred
Alcoholism
Drug abuse
Excessive worry
Feelings of meaninglessness
Psychosomatic illness
Depressions
Stuttering
Feelings of loneliness
Fear of the unknown
Fear of hurting others
Inability to concentrate
Folding up under pressure

Defensiveness
Fear of stating ones point of view
Negative attitude
Fear of expressing deep feelings
Inability to say "no"
Authority problems
Disorganization
Never on time
Waste time
Poor Planning
Forgetfulness
Fear of being oneself
Unrealistic expectations of self and others
Fear of intimacy
Fear of commitment
Fear of rejection
Extreme nervousness
Fear of taking a test
Fear of death
Excessive daydreaming
People pleasing
Fear of success
Excessive guilt
Unrealistic mistrust
Unrealistic fear or paranoid behavior
Losing temper
Alienation of others

http://spoolman.com/sdaeop4/selfdefeatingbehavior.html/

Created: August 8, 1999
Revised: February 10, 2003
Nancy L. Spoolman

Psychopath and Narcissist Survivors Support Group

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