Ellen longs to have friends and to be popular, but she feels she has nothing to offer anyone as a friend. She sees herself as boring and incompetent and is afraid to be with people unless she knows they like her

Ellen's traits are
consistent with a diagnosis of
a) avoidant personality disorder.
b) antisocial personality disorder.
c) borderline personality disorder.
d) schizotypal personality disorder.


a

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