If you are diagnosed with dependent personality disorder, or you believe you have this disorder, you are often emotionally overdependent on others and will spend a great effort of time trying to please others. Individuals with a dependent personality disorder will display forms of passive, needy, and clingy behavior, and have a constant fear of separation. Other common symptoms that you will notice with dependent personality disorder include: • Inability to make your own decisions, even simple everyday decisions like what you want to wear without needing reassurance and advice from others • Avoiding adult responsibilities by acting helpless, and/or passive; being dependent on a friend or spouse to help you make decisions like where to live and work • Intense fear of abandonment, as well as a sense of helplessness or devastation when a relationship ends. An individual with a dependent personality disorder will move right into another relationship immediately when the last ends • Oversensitivity to any criticism • Lack of self-confidence, which will include a belief that you are unable to care for yourself • Avoiding disagreeing with others, as you fear losing their approval or support • Inability to start tasks or projects due to lack of self-confidence • Issues with being alone • Willing to tolerate abuse or mistreatment from others • Placing needs of others above your own • Tendency to fantasize and be naïve