Dependant Personality Disorder - A part of the anxious personality disorder
There are several disorders faced by thousands of people in the world. These disorders are related to the mind or the body of the person. The disorders of the body can be cured by one way or the other, but the disorders with related to the mind is very difficult to cure. These disorders are known as personality disorder. And one of the famous mental disorders that are prevalent among several human beings is the Dependent Personality disorder. This Dependent Personality disorder which in short is known as DPD is one of the conditions of the human mind. This disorder is part of the anxious personality disorder. When any one has this Dependent Personality disorder, that person feels very nervous around people and exhibits a lot of fear around them.
The Dependent Personality disorder is a disorder which should be dealt with very carefully. These people need to be taken care of and should be reassured again and again that some one is always there for them. Due to this Dependent Personality disorder, the people are not able to make any kind of proper decisions. The people usually take some hasty decision or the order out of frustration and end up being sad or unhappy. This Dependent Personality disorder is the most diagnosed among all the other disorders of the human being. It appears in both gentlemen and ladies and there is no special reason for this type of disorder. This Dependent Personality disorder usually occurs in people who are in the age of twenty to forty years. This Dependent Personality disorder is usually among people who are usually newly married. They tend to depend on one another so much that they lose a lot and end up having this Dependent Personality disorder. When people are married, they become very attached to the opposite sex. When they become emotionally attached, they spend most of their time trying to please the other person. People with this dependent personality order tend to be very overly possessive and cling on to the other person emotionally. They also exhibit the fear of separating from their loved ones always. There are several symptoms for the Dependent Personality disorder. Some of the symptoms are very direct and can be seen in a person while the other symptoms are rather hidden.
People with this disorder will not be able to make decisions on their own properly. These people tend to depend on others even for day to day decisions. They won’t be able to take a decision on their own without the advice of the dependent ones. Also the people with this Dependent Personality disorder will not take any responsibility of their own. They will try to avoid all those tasks that require independent thinking and also tasks where they have huge responsibility. The people who are diagnosed with this Dependent Personality disorder will have a severe fear of being left alone and they will feel so helpless. These people need to be taken care of properly, else they might take some hasty decisions without thinking.