Dependent Personality Disorder
Dependent Trait Characteristics
Dependent Disorder belongs to Cluster C: introversion and fear are prominent.
- Pathological need to be cared for
- Intense suffering due to relational difficulties
- They place the responsibility for their lives on others.
- Insecure about their abilities and unable to make decisions
- Fear of offending the people they depend on
* They are capable of anything, including very humiliating actions or unpleasant tasks, to avoid being left alone or autonomous, which leads to submissive behavior.
* When they end a more intimate relationship, they urgently seek another as a source of support.
* The prevalence in the general population would be less than 1%.
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Source (in Spanish): Wenceslao Vial, Madurez psicológica y espiritual, Palabra.
