The student may:
- Be self defeating
- Appear sad or depressed
- Be withdrawn
- Hesitant to try new things or challenging tasks
- Easily cease effort
- Say they cannot do anything, are incapable, or are not good enough
- Often say others are better at tasks then they are
- Have anxiety about being the center of attention, getting in front of class, etc
- Perceive themselves as ugly or undesirable
- Have a distorted body image
- Never feel they are good enough
- Be a perfectionist
- Be unable to take a genuine compliment
- Easily have their feelings hurt over little things or things that are not directed toward them
- Rush through work
- Display an “I don’t care” attitude
- Make big plans and then fail to follow through
- Take on more than they can handle
- Make negative comments about self
- Have a lack of friends
