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You want to do something but

can’t get yourself to do it!

You might also struggle to get

yourself to do something that you

want to do, not something that

others want you to do: something

that you enjoy or even that you

are looking forward to very much.

You might want to go out of the

house to do something that you are

excited about but somehow you

start questioning your ability to

do it and end up getting all worked up.

Let us share with you some examples from the young people with PDA we have worked with. A boy who loves playing with his Xbox told us that sometimes he feels unable to change the game, even when he really wants to play a different game, and has to ask his mother to do it for him. A girl with PDA told us that although she had been excited about going to the zoo for weeks – she loves animals – on the day the visit was planned she couldn’t make herself leave the house.

Do you ever feel unable to do something that you want to do?

Do you ask others to do it for you? If this is the case:

Who do you ask the most? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .