Signs: – Difficulty making decisions without confirmation or advice from other people; – Other people are needed to take responsibility for a large part of his life; – Difficulty expressing one’s opinion, which will conflict with the opinion of others, because one feels the fear of losing support or approval; – Difficulty starting a project or doing the things you need (due to a lack of self-confidence in judgments, weak motivation or energy); – Will do a lot to get help and support from others, so that others voluntarily do unpleasant things for him; – Feels uncomfortable or helpless when left alone, because he feels an exaggerated fear of losing someone who cares for him; – Urgently seeks other relationships as a resource for care and support when a close relationship ends; – Is inadequately concerned about the fact that someone will leave him and no longer care for him; – Encourages or allows others to accept important life questions about themselves; – Subordinates his needs to the needs of others and unreasonably gives in to their wishes; – Does not make reasonable demands to those people on whom he feels dependent; – Unable to make decisions for each day without the opportunity to receive advice and approval from others; – Avoids the possibility of being alone; – Feeling broken or helpless when a relationship ends; – Unable to realize the basic needs of their life; – Is easily hurt by criticism.
An individual with dependent personality disorder has great difficulty making daily decisions without the support and approval of others. An adult with this disorder is usually dependent on a parent or significant other, letting them decide which friend or neighbor they can be friends with and which they can’t. Teenagers with this disorder let their parents decide which university they will attend and what they should do in their free time.
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