By Adelyn Chen
Dependent personality disorder is a mental condition best represented by excessive “clingy” behavior. It is also a fear of abandonment that is so prevalent it becomes irrational. Individuals with this condition will most likely attach themselves to others and believe they cannot survive on their own, and they also have abnormally low self-esteem, constantly thinking that they are not “good enough” which goes hand in hand with the dependence. This disorder significantly impacts social skills because the individual is nearly unable to function on his or her own, and has trouble with making decisions or standing up for him/herself. Out of fear of losing the people they are depending on, the affected individuals cannot express disagreement with those people, and want them to make any and all decisions for the affecteds’ lives. Additionally, the affected individuals may be willing to or even volunteer to engage in unhealthy and submissive actions, even if those actions are distasteful. Like most other personality disorders, dependent personality disorder is predominantly diagnosed in the adult age. Children under the age of 18 may be clingy to a significant other because they believe that is what is expected of them, or they may simply not want to be on the receiving end of a break up. However, it could be genetic, or the result of a traumatic abandonment in the early ages that the brain can remember, in which case a teenage diagnosis would be plausible.
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