"You feel out of control in your outer surroundings, and instead of addressing it, you feel overwhelmed, powerless, and withdraw into what others might call “procrastination mode.”
When you are around people who try to assert power over others you feel the need to stand up for the disenfranchised "underdog."
You are overly giving with your energy in service to others, but feel emotionally depleted afterwards, wishing that others would naturally serve you back. When they don't you feel taken advantage of, but feel too awkward or bad asking directly to get your need met. Besides, you want it to be their authentic idea, not yours.
You hold endless space for other people's emotions, but find yourself alone and unable to communicate the depth of what you're experiencing.
You escape the outer world by engaging in excessive reading, video games, TV marathons, or other isolation strategies.
You feel indecisive, and commit to things only to cancel from overwhelm at the last minute, often creating friction in your relationships. When you finally know what you want it's difficult to communicate how important it is to you, only to end up feeling marginalized in the attempt.
You feel criticized for being too emotional and for taking things too personally. It makes sense - because to you everything IS personal."
