Dependency involves both insecure attachment, expressed as difficulty tolerating aloneness;
intense fear of loss, abandonment, or rejection by significant others; and urgent need for contact with significant others when stressed or distressed, accompanied sometimes by highly submissive, subservient behavior.
Not exact matches
The
loss of Neymar to PSG touched off
intense nervousness in Barça, who
feared a raid on Messi — by far its most valuable asset.
Experiencing this extremely traumatic stressor, a woman's response can be
intense fear, helplessness,
loss of control, and horror.
Diagnosis is based on three international criteria: restriction
of food intake leading to weight
loss, a distorted perception
of weight and body, and an
intense fear of becoming fat.
For BPD to be diagnosed, at least five
of the following signs and symptoms must be present: *
Intense fears of abandonment * A pattern
of unstable relationships * Unstable self - image * Impulsive and self - destructive behaviors * Suicidal behavior or self - injury * Wide mood swings * Chronic feelings
of emptiness * Inappropriate anger * Periods
of paranoia and
loss of contact with reality A diagnosis
of BPD is usually made in adults, not children or adolescents.
At the same time,
intense, intimate involvement with another person often leads to a
fear of loss of an identity as an individual.