Dependent Personality Disorder

This disorder is characterized by a need to be taken care of and a fear of being abandoned. Sufferers of it are very clingy and usually have the following symptoms: helpless when alone because of exaggerated sense of not being able to care for themselves, when one close relationship ends the person immediately tries to find another, problems initiating projects or ideas because of a lack of self-esteem, difficulty disagreeing with others, needs other to take responsibility for him/her, and cannot make decisions without advice from others...more