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Dependent Personality Disorder and Mental Health:
ADependent personality
disorders are common according to experts. These types of personalities
suffer symptoms including, incompetence to make their own decisions.
They will often rely on others around them to make a decision. Dependent
personality types will often avoid responsibility and will rely on
others to handle their lives and tasks. This type of personality will
avoid starting tasks, unless someone is there to guide them through
the process. Dependent personality types will often tolerate abuse,
neglect, including cheating of spouse. They are often depressed and
will use alcohol or drugs to relieve their anxiety and stress. The
person is often passive, will not defend him or herself, and is afraid
of rejection, punishment, and so forth. It is important to evaluate
these types of personality and not confuse them with traditional women
that have submissive traits or personalities. The two are different
in the sense the traditional woman will not tolerate anyone going
against their beliefs and will defend their person without thinking
twice about it in most cases.
Dependent personality
types are found in Histrionic and Borderline Personality types, but
the difference is Histrionic and Borderline Personality types will
manipulate, control, abuse, and act out in behaviors that are dangerous
to others. They are very manipulating and will murder in some instances.
The dependent personality type is not aggressive and can hold a relationship,
while borderline and histrionic types cannot. Dependent personality
types often need long-term treatment since the underlying source of
the symptoms is fear because of undo punishment, neglect or abuse.
The person probably lived in an unruly household and was subjected
to harsh punishment. Most dependent personality types will rely on
their parents and the parent will often find a reason to dismiss any
decisions the person makes. For example if the patient is engaged
and a sudden breakup occurs the mother may say, I told you so.
I knew he was no good.
The man may have been a good person, just left simply because he could
not handle the disorder. Dependent personality type may even ask mom
or dad if it is ok to go to the store. They often stick close to the
sources that initiated the disorder from the beginning. Therefore,
we are dealing with co-dependency and dependent personality problems.
The co-dependency is the parents that will not allow the patient to
move ahead to independence. Therefore, we have to apply a technique
that will work to help the patient separate his or her self from the
patients and work toward relying on self. I see no room for medication
in this diagnose, since behaviors and not medical issues affect the
patient. We need to move ahead by helping the patient see that fear
is the root of the problem, and then search the mind to find the source
that caused or promoted the fear. We can do this with talk therapy,
since the patient has all the answers, yet is not aware of the cause.
We know that the patient was neglected as a child and possibly harshly
punished often, including scolding.
It would be helpful
to get the parents in therapy to help them with their mental problems,
but in most cases the patient is to blame according to many for his
or her problem and culprits are never an excuse unfortunately. Now,
we begin by talking through the problems and sorting out the information,
gathering roots that instigated the patient’s behaviors. It
is important to remain consistent to help the patient see that he
or she can defend her or his individuality without being punished
for doing so. We should never raise our voices or attempt to control
the patient, rather allow the patient room to speak his or her mind
freely. An inviting method for opening up the patients mind is to
ask questions that surround the problem. For example, Betty what do
you think is going on inside your mind that is causing you problems?
Do not allow the patient to blame his or her self, since this is only
contributing to the dependency. Allow the patient room to take the
floor and hold it for the time allowed. Next we are going inside the
mind of a psychic.
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