Isolation Methods - A List of Choices

acting the clown
addictions
always being with people
anger
attachments
avoidance
blaming
brainwashing
busyness
compromise
conditioned responses
controlled behaviors
criticism
cynicism
defensiveness
denial
dependency
deviousness
dishonesty
doubt
drama
emotional reactions
escape
exaggeration
excessive focus on others
excessive focus on personal appearance
excuses
fantasies
faulty beliefs
fears

fixed ideas & processes
foolishness
forgetfulness
glamours
guilt
habits
hypnosis
ignoring
illness
illusions
indifference
inflexible character
injury
intolerance
judgments
justifying our own further limitations
knowledge
loss of hearing or sight
lying
minimizing
negative self-talk
negativity
non-supportive habits
numbness
obsessions
over-eating
over-exercise
over-spending
over-work
pain
playfulness

poor personal grooming
procrastination
programmed thoughts
programmed behavior
rationalization
rebellion
repression
resentment
resistance
robotic reactions
rudeness
running away
sarcasm
self-sabotage
self-absorption
self-centeredness
self-condemnation
selfishness
self-pity
shame
shyness
sleep
solitude
status (wealth, rank, title, occupation)
staying stuck in mediocrity
stress
stubbornness
timidity
unconscious defenses
withdrawing