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That's my dd11. She has both an ADD dx and an anxiety disorder dx. When she was IQ tested at 7, the tester wrote that she seemed upset by failure but didn't react much at all to success. She is defensive: if we try to show her how to do something, she cuts us off (even if she has asked for us to help), refuses to listen, and gets angry. She alternately claims to know how to do everything and is highly offended with any instruction and is paralyzed by fear that she is doing it wrong or poorly. She erases things over and over and wants other people to do everything for her.