My DD10 would appear to disprove this notion, as she exhibits the negative behavior above, and there are most definitely no attachment issues.
I was wondering if this pattern can also be attributed to anxiety, or ADHD, EF issues and/or developmental delay.
In my DD10's case, anxiety would be the only one that applies. And boy, does it.
But then we're in a chicken-and-egg situation... is she engaging in this type of thinking because of anxiety, or is she experiencing anxiety because she's trapped in this type of thinking?
