6. Inappropriate and constricted affect;

7. Behaviour, or appearance that is odd, eccentric, or peculiar;

8. Lack of close friends or confidants other than first-degree relatives;

9. Excessive social anxiety that does not diminish with familiarity and tends to be associated with paranoid fears rather than negative judgements about self.

(Article written on December 9, 1999 and published December 13, 1999

in "Central Europe Review" volume 1, issue 25)

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