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  Need being met – An individual is able to deflect the focus of attention and avoid real or meaningful change.
 Potential social barrier – Others perceive the individual as being stubborn or resistant when “old behaviors or patterns” return when the pressure to conform is removed.
 Externalizing – An individual attributes credit for success or failure to others in a consistent manner.
 Need being met – An individual is able to give others compliments or deflect responsibility and blame onto others.
 Potential social barrier – Others may feel angry, blamed, or disrespected.
 Help-rejecting complaining – An individual identifies a problem and then dismisses all potential
solutions.
 Need being met – An individual is able to avoid changing or “being fixed” by others.
 Potential social barrier – Others may perceive the individual as whining and not wanting the help and support that they are offering.
 Finding extremes – An individual uses extremes in language, thoughts, or behaviors.
 Need being met – An individual is attempting to clarify and simplify their experience by
deleting the complexity of the situation or experience.
 Potential social barrier – Others cannot connect with a “middle ground” or common experience.
 




















































































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