- An exaggeration of normal
responses
- Verbalizing despair (maybe I
should just kill myself so you and dad don’t have to fight)
- Accident proneness
- Giving away their possessions
- Withdrawal to the point of
isolation
- Significant weight loss or gain
- Extended change in sleeping and/or eating habits
- Frequent nightmares
- Preoccupation with illness of self
and others
- School troubles (changes in peer
relations, classroom behavior and/or academic performance)
- Lying
- Destroying own and other people’s
property
- Deliberately hurting or wounding
themselves
- Significant change in personality
over time (quiet child becomes hyperactive or an outgoing
child withdraws)
- Refusing to stay with formally
trusted adults
- Explosive behavior (rages,
screams, tantrums)
- Stealing
- Running away from home
- Health complaints and health
changes (frequent headaches, stomach aches, diarrhea,
constipation, skin reaction)
- Becoming unusually rigid about
everyday patterns
- Intense, unrealistic fears
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