You are likely to:

• find it very difficult to trust other people, believing they will use you, or take advantage of you
• find it hard to confide in people, even your friends
• watch others closely, looking for signs of betrayal or hostility
• suspect that your partner is being unfaithful, with no evidence
• read threats and danger – which others don’t see – into everyday situations

You are likely to:

• be uninterested in forming close relationships with other people including your family
• feel that relationships interfere with your freedom and tend to cause problems
• prefer to be alone with your own thoughts
• choose to live your life without interference from others
• get little pleasure from life
• have little interest in sex or intimacy
• be emotionally cold towards others

You are likely to:

• find making close relationships extremely difficult
• think and express yourself in ways that others find ‘odd’, using unusual words or phrases
• behave in ways that others find eccentric
• believe that you can read minds or that you have special powers such as a ‘sixth sense’
• feel anxious and tense with others who do not share these beliefs
• feel very anxious and paranoid in social situations

You are likely to:

• act impulsively and recklessly, often without considering the consequences for yourself or for other people
• behave dangerously and sometimes illegally
• behave in ways that are unpleasant for others
• do things – even though they may hurt people – to get what you want, putting your needs above theirs
• feel no sense of guilt if you have mistreated others
• be irritable and aggressive and get into fights easily
• be very easily bored and you may find it difficult to hold down a job for long
• believe that only the strongest survive and that you must do whatever it takes to lead a successful life, because if you don’t grab opportunities, others will
• have a criminal record
• have had a diagnosis of conduct disorder before the age of 15

You are likely to:

• feel that you don’t have a strong sense of who you really are, and others may describe you as very changeable
• suffer from mood swings, switching from one intense emotion to another very quickly, often with angry outbursts
• have brief psychotic episodes, hearing voices or seeing things that others don’t
• do things on impulse, which you later regret
• have episodes of harming yourself, and think about taking your own life
• have a history of stormy or broken relationships
• have a tendency to cling on to very damaging relationships, because you are terrified of being alone

You are likely to:

• feel very uncomfortable if you are not the center of attention
• feel much more at ease as the ‘life and soul of the party’
• feel that you have to entertain people
• flirt or behave provocatively to ensure that you remain the center of attention
• get a reputation for being dramatic and overemotional
• feel dependent on the approval of others
• be easily influenced by others

You are likely to:

• believe that there are special reasons that make you different, better or more deserving than others
• have fragile self-esteem, so that you rely on others to recognize your worth and your needs
• feel upset if others ignore you and don’t give you what you feel you deserve
• resent other people’s successes
• put your own needs above other people’s, and demand they do too
• be seen as selfish and ‘above yourself’
• take advantage of other people

You are likely to:

• avoid work or social activities that mean you must be with others
• expect disapproval and criticism and be very sensitive to it
• worry constantly about being ‘found out’ and rejected
• worry about being ridiculed or shamed by others
• avoid relationships, friendships and intimacy because you fear rejection
• feel lonely and isolated, and inferior to others
• be reluctant to try new activities in case you embarrass yourself

You are likely to:

• feel needy, weak and unable to make decisions or function properly without help or support
• allow others to assume responsibility for many areas of your life
• agree to things you feel are wrong or you dislike to avoid being alone or losing someone’s support
• be afraid of being left to fend for yourself
• have low self-confidence
• see other people as being much more capable than you are
• be seen by others as much too submissive and passive

You are likely to:

• need to keep everything in order and under control
• set unrealistically high standards for yourself and others
• think yours is the best way of making things happen
• worry when you or others might make mistakes
• expect catastrophes if things aren’t perfect
• be reluctant to spend money on yourself or others
• have a tendency to hang on to items with no obvious value