Symptoms of attachment disorder

Superficially engaging, charming (phoniness)

Lack of eye contact

Indiscriminately affectionate with strangers

Lack of ability to give and receive affection (not cuddly)

Extreme control problems, often manifested in covert or "sneaky" ways

Destructive to self and others

Cruel to animals

Chronic, crazy lying (lying about the obvious)

Lack of impulse controls

Learning lags and disorders

Lack of cause-and-effect thinking

Lack of conscience

Abnormal eating patterns

Poor peer relationships

Preoccupied with fire, blood, gore

Persistent nonsense questions and incessant chatter

Inappropriately demanding and clinging

Abnormal speech patterns

Marcia Alice Mitchell