He was a difficult, self-absorbed artist devoted to his work.
Saying "she's neurotic" implies a difficult, self-conscious personality without giving a precise medical label.
He was a difficult, self-destructive man who commanded the love and loyalty of those he worked with but was hated by studio bosses.
For many guys, the camp started a difficult, self-reflective process of disconnecting their masculinity from sexist behavior not just catcalling but mansplaining, taking up space, and dominating conversations.
But Mr. Tammet, who at the age of 25 received a diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism, has made a difficult and self-conscious journey out from his own mind.
Indeed, what's remarkable is how much it shares with so many other nontraditional career stories: uncertainty, exploration, a difficult transition, self-invention, and (eventually) satisfaction.
In another example (ECE-C, 2011), an ECE described how a young four year old child in her JK class was having a difficult time self-regulating while coming in from the playground.
Perhaps in the form of limited thinking, a difficult relationship, self-defeating theories, a job you feel shackled to, a dream you've sidestepped, a slew of excuses that have prevented you from doing, living and being who you were meant to be?
Often it's just the beginning of a long journey full of difficult self-realizations and punishing emotional growth.
For those around me it's so much easier to cut off a friend who is persistently difficult, self-absorbed, nasty, unpredictable, and decidedly other.
Her detractors find her pretentious, difficult, "self-obsessed".
