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I can become entirely absorbed in thinking about my personal affairs, my health, my cares or my relations to others.
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My feelings are easily hurt by ridicule or by the slighting remarks of others.
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When I enter a room I often become self-conscious and feel that the eyes of others are upon me.
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I dislike sharing the credit of an achievement with others.
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I feel that I have enough on my hands without worrying about other people's troubles.
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I feel that I am temperamentally different from most people.
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I often interpret the remarks of others in a personal way.
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I easily become wrapped up in my own interests and forget the existence of others.
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I dislike being with a group unless I know that I am appreciated by at least one of those present.
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I am secretly “put out” or annoyed when other people come to me with their troubles, asking me for my time and sympathy.
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I am jealous of good-looking people.
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I tend to feel humiliated when criticized.
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I wonder why other people aren't more appreciative of my good qualities.
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I tend to see other people as being either great or terrible.
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I sometimes have fantasies about being violent without knowing why.
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I am especially sensitive to success and failure.
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I have problems that nobody else seems to understand.
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I try to avoid rejection at all costs.
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My secret thoughts, feelings, and actions would horrify some of my friends.
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I tend to become involved in relationships in which I alternately adore and despise the other person.
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Even when I am in a group of friends, I often feel very alone and uneasy.
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I resent others who have what I lack.
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Defeat or disappointment usually shame or anger me, but I try not to show it.