A boy who had trouble making friends in a childhood summer camp and later feels unworthy to hang out with a new social group in high school is engaging in ________.

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The boy's difficulty in making friends and his feeling of unworthiness suggest that he may be engaging in cognitive distortions, such as negative self-talk and magnification of his insecurities. He may be distorting his own self-perception and limiting himself from forming new relationships.

A Boy Who Had Trouble Making Friends in a Childhood