Dependent personality disorder
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Dependent personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive, excessive need to be taken care of, leading to submissiveness and clinging behaviors.
People with dependent personality disorder do not think they can take care of themselves and use submissiveness to try to get other people to take care of them.
Doctors diagnose dependent personality disorder based on specific symptoms, including a person
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