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I feel like a fake or imposter, that others see me as quite different from the way I really am.
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When I'm nervous or confused, it seems like things in the outside world don't make sense either.
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I feel I am a different person at home as compared to how I am at work or at school.
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I feel I don't get what I want.
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I find that I do things which get other people upset, and I don't know why such things upset them.
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Some of my friends would be surprised if they knew how differently I behave in different situations.
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I feel that my tastes and opinions are not really my own, but have been borrowed from other people.
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I feel that my wishes or thoughts will come true as if by magic.
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People tell me I provoke or mislead them so as to get my way.
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I am not sure whether a voice I have heard, or something that I have seen is my imagination or not.
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I think I see things which, when I take a closer look, turn out to be something else.
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I can't explain the changes in my behavior.
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I can see things or hear things that nobody else can see or hear.
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I find myself doing things which at other times I think are not too wise like having promiscuous sex, lying, drinking, having temper tantrums or breaking the law in minor ways.
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People tell me I behave in contradictory ways.
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I can't tell whether certain physical sensations I'm having are real, or whether I am imagining them.
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I hear things that other people claim are not really there.
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I act in ways that appear to others as unpredictable and erratic.
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People tend to use me unless I watch out for it.
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I understand and know things that nobody else is able to understand or know.
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My life, if it were a book, seems to me more like a series of short stories written by different authors than like a long novel.
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I have favorite people whom I not only admire, but almost idealize.
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I pick up hobbies and interests and then drop them.
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I have seen things which do not exist in reality.
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I find myself doing things which feel okay while I am doing them but which I later find hard to believe I did.
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Even people who know me well cannot guess how I'm going to behave.
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I have heard or seen things when there is no apparent reason for it.
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It is hard for me to be sure about what others think of me, even people who have known me very well.
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People tend to respond to me by either overwhelming me with love or abandoning me.
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I tend to feel things in a somewhat extreme way, experiencing either great joy or intense despair.
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I see myself in totally different ways at different times.
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In the course of an intimate relationship, I'm afraid of losing a sense of myself.
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My life goals change frequently from year to year.
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I am a “hero worshiper” even if I am later found wrong in my judgment.
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I fluctuate between being warm and giving at some times, and being cold and indifferent at other times.
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I do things on impulse that I think are socially unacceptable.
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My goals keep changing.
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When everything around me is unsettled and confused, I feel that way inside.
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People see me as being rude or inconsiderate, and I don't know why.
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I feel as if I have been somewhere or done something before when I really haven't.
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I believe that things will happen simply by thinking about them.