Articles on Dependent Personality Disorder
What is Dependent
Personality Disorder? (1)
We are all dependent on each other to a certain extent to survive. We
need contact with other like souls for our mental health, and when we
are ill we often need a helping hand to get us back on our feet. But
what about a person who is constantly reliant on opinions, advice and
help from others simply to get through the day?... (Read
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What is Dependent
Personality Disorder? (2)
Not being able to make up your own mind and needing others to help you
to make even the most basic of decisions is one characteristic of Dependent
Personality Disorder (DPD). Another is being unable to state your wants,
needs and opinions because of an unrealistic fear of rejection... (Read
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Dependent
Personality Disorder: Diagnostic Criteria
As described in earlier articles on this condition, individuals displaying
signs of dependent personality disorder often agree with others to their
face due to a profound fear of estrangement and abandonment. Fear of
rejection rules their lives and anxiety and panic attacks are common
features due to the constant stress of trying to please and appease
everyone in their life... (Read
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Dependent Personality
Disorder: Difficulties in Relationships
Apart from the pain and anxiety that a sufferer of Dependent Personality
Disorder (DPD) suffers on a daily basis, there are also considerable
interpersonal problems that accompany this disorder. For family and
friends, there is a constant need for reassurance and approval required
that can lead to frustration and even rejection of the sufferer... (Read
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