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this tumblr is dedicated to helping you develop your characters - especially roleplay characters. you'll find tools, information, tests, and various other information that i have used and implemented for my own characters for almost a decade now. for active updates and resource, please visit edwardkenwayrps, my roleplay/resource blog.

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Do you possibly have anything on the psyche of someone who's just killed someone (in that they had no other choice, not necessarily that they wanted to)? Or someone who's forced to kill due to pressure from authority?

It's very possible that this person would experience Acute Stress Disorder. This person possibly be dealing with a lot of guilt and possibly depression after the fact. Researching ASD will get you a long way.

For more questions, please direct them to edwardkenwayrps.

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Oh. I'm asking because when you said transferring I though of you reposting stuff like the enneatypes and such. Or is that what you'll be doing? I personally like the idea of storing stuff like that in a blog like this where people can go to. But again, it's your blog. i was wondering what you had in mind.

It's not that I'll remove this blog, since it's a sideblog on a main blog I don't use anymore. The transferring will just add additional information to the things I'll be reposting. So you can still use this blog, just that, after this week, I won't be using it anymore. (:

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can I just say you're awesome for linking to TV Tropes :D

Hehehe, you're welcome. I'm going to write a guide about how to base original characters on them in the future on edwardkenwayrps, so stay tuned for that. (:

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What data will you be transferring? Just curious

I will be making a guide on the sins and virtues thing I did, and I'm thinking about perhaps making a post dedicated to the diagnostic criteria of personality disorders.

jung's theory

enneatypes

moral alignment

schema therapy

schizophrenia (writing undiagnosed psychosis)

borderline personality disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder

bipolar disorder (dsm-v criteria)

autism spectrum disorder (asperger's syndrome) (women + as)

sociopathy vs psychopathy

Above are things that are found on this blog that I've already written about on edwardkenwayrps. You can find more like these in the masterlist of original content I made. Essentially, there's not much else transferring I need to be doing, unless you have any other suggestions about what I have on this blog that you'd prefer to see (maybe elaborated) on my new blog. This goes for everyone; feel free to suggest and request information, both here and on edwardkenwayrps (just know that all information will be answered on the latter).

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can you explain me the personality of chaotic neutral?

Chaotic Neutral isn’t a personality. It’s a set of morals. Morals can bear different personalities. See this for a good idea of what the Chaotic Neutral can be like.

For more questions, please don't hesitate to ask me on edwardkenwayrps. (:

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Can you refer me to anything (personality, psychological, etc.) that would help me further in detail to my muses insecurity issues? Thank you!

I've recently written a guide that you may find helpful.

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Do you know any references or resources that are about a character that is a psychologist? I find a lot of information about how to be a psychologist but nothing about how they help their patients. What questions do they ask? How do they figure out what disorders/issues their patients have base on their answers? What about difficult patients, what do they do with them? Or patients that were once psychologist themselves and are "crazy" now, how can they help them?

Psychologists ask questions based on the issue that the patient came in with. These are usually very simple, one sentence things. For example, a person stuck in a psychosis could come in with the complaint about their positive and negative symptoms, and the psychologist would start asking questions based on that complaint. Depending on the person and who they are, the psychologist could then decide that the complaint that the person came in with was only the result of a deeper issue, which will simply be found out through questions about preference, mother, father, sibling relationship, sexuality and how they feel about sex, how they experienced their childhood, how they do in school, etc.

A simple question to start with can be as simple as "how was your day?" Not all questions have to be deep, nor do all answers have to be deep, but all information is useful in the whole. If diagnoses should be made, it's based on patterns unqualified people don't notice, but professionals do. And sometimes, it all has to do with intuition.

Story time;

When I first came in, it was because of my psychosis, which I had been suffering from for the past ten years. After three or four sessions spanning three to four week, I was asked to participate in a six-hour psych-eval; this psych-eval would include an intelligence test and questionnaires, so, so many questionnaires. The IQ test took about 2 hours and the other 4 hours were dedicated to questionnaires; some via a computer and some via paper. They were questionnaires about depression, about personality disorders, about psychotic disorders, even one about autism. Basically, they just threw nearly every diagnostic criteria at my head via questionnaires and let the computer tell me which disorders stuck out most, based on my answers.

I didn't make the default screening for schizoid personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, and they also diagnosed me with psychotic disorder NOS (not otherwise specified, nowadays called unspecified psychotic disorder).

From that moment on, for a year long, I got intensive CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy), which included me having to read up on schema therapy, me having to know about personality disorders and about psychotic disorders (slowly my therapy turned more into informal schooling, due to the fact that my psychologist was eager to teach me and I was eager to learn, all with tiny pop quizzes, but that's not important). After a year, my psychologist saw no change in my schizoid personality disorder, even though the CBT should've done its work, and she told me she thought I might even be autistic.

Now, I told you that part of my psych-eval included a questionnaire based on autism, and I scored 22 on it. You'd think that's a lot, but usually, people with autism score 32 on it, and even then it doesn't necessarily mean a diagnosis. Regardless, she told me that Asperger's Syndrome and my current diagnosis (schizoid personality disorder with obsessive-compulsive personality features) had many, many overlaps, and so she asked me if I was okay with finding out if maybe I did, in fact, have autism.

I went to a different psychologist, specialised in the diagnosis of autism and she made three appointments; since I already had the 6-hour psych-eval, it was now just to take my history, both from me and from someone close to me, who was, in my case, my mother.

My current diagnosis is Asperger's Syndrome with psychotic disorder NOS (unspecified psychotic disorder), which, since it's not treatable, the therapy was simply me having to learn and memorise everything there was to know about autism.

Needless to say, a diagnosis isn't the be-all-end-all. The psychologist asks questions and takes the patient through the psychotherapy (coming to grips with some issues, even if they may be hard to admit or face). Psychotherapy is there, not only to make the person face problematic issues in their mind or their life, but also to give the person a person to talk to, someone they can trust. The bond between patient and therapist can, therefore, become very intimate, because potentially, you're telling this person all your thoughts, you're laying yourself bare and having to come to grips with certain things that you may have been hiding from or denying. Sometimes it's painful. It's hard and it can be very scary.

What questions are asked or how the psychologist deals with different patients depends entirely on the situation, on the disorder and on the person. I once read that psychology is less of a science and more of an art, and nothing could be more true. I can't tell you which questions are asked, because it's different every session, for every person, and for every disorder.

As for patient-psychologists, it's the exact same for a patient-doctor. They try to treat themselves, but when it comes to mental health, every psychologist (or even people who have studied psychology) knows that, no matter how well you know your psychology, sometimes you need someone else to pull you out of the well you're stuck in. You simply can't psychotherapise yourself.

For any more questions, please visit edwardkenwayrps, and I'll be more than happy to answer them. (:

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So ten months ago was my last post on this blog. Since this blog has (still) almost 1800 followers, I thought I'd let you know that I didn't stop putting out resources. I just moved nine months ago, to dedicate my Tumblr experience to roleplaying, which is essentially my life.

If you enjoyed all the posts on fuckyeah-char-dev, I invited you to check out my new blog; edwardkenwayrps. It's not just dedicated to content you'll find on here, but there's a lot more on there than you'll find on here.

all the content posted on that blog

all the content i've reblogged there

I'll also be transferring a lot of the data you find on here to that blog in the near future. Thank you for following.

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magicalschoolgirl replied to your post: Hi! First of all, I just wanted to say thank you so much for this blog, [...]

It’s easy to do INTJ, just make your character an egotistical asshole ha ha ha (please don’t hit me that’s my personality type)

Lol, yeah, I'm an INTJ as well. (:

No, but there's a core of truth in this, though. INTJs come across as egotistical arseholes because they're very... rational, I suppose. At least, that's coming from an INTJ. An INTJ would be the first to blatantly admit their own narcissism and egotism (God knows I do) without feeling any shame about it - it's a very human thing anyway, selfishness, so.

And INTJs come across as arseholes because we don't really include feelings into our observations. We say things as they are, and if that hurts your feelings, that's not our problem, but yours. INTJs can have a very 'live and let die' attitude, a 'fuck the world' mentality in where we do as we please, and if you don't like it, you can suck a dick - preferably ours.

But the difference between INTJs and ISTJs, that most people get confused about, is that you won't often find ISTJs breaking rules or foregoing traditions. Traditions are holy things to ISTJs (or any SJ, to be honest), and rules are gold. INTJs are not like that at all. That's not to say that we're huge rule-breakers (that's more the territory of TPs), but rather, we don't mind the rules. If they agree with us, we'll keep to them, and if they don't, we have absolutely no problem breaking them, and will not feel bad about it either.

There's so many flaws in people who try to play INTJs - the ISTJ is usually the booksmart one. INTJs often suck at school because we need a LOT of motivation, and we're absurdly practical; if we can't use it, and it's not included in our range of interests, be sure that we won't even bother with it. INTJs aren't booksmart. We're.... we just know things. Give us a few bricks of logic and we'll make a castle out of thin air. We learn from the connections our brains make, on our own, whereas ISTJs typically learn formally, from textbooks, from repetition, studying, et cetera.

Also. INTJs are known for being "unemotional robots", and people who believe that tend to play their "INTJs" like that - but that's more the realm of the ISTJ. INTJs have ridiculously morbid, unconventional humour. People are used with me that I just sit in a corner listening to conversation, and then randomly make a comment that has the whole room either thoroughly disturbed or on the floor with laughter, or a mixture of both (my da, an ENTJ, was talking about "not expecting dead bodies floating to the surface any time soon", in context of problems he didn't know about, and the only thing I said to kill the room was, "No, they're only half dead in this case.").

We feel plenty of emotions, but opposed to people who use Fe, we don't necessarily understand our own emotions, or express them - we deal with them in private, in a rational way, inside our heads. The way I express sympathy, for instance, is by holding the chair of the person who is in need of sympathy, near their body.

There's honestly no good source for how an INTJ is and acts than an INTJ. So if you don't want to fall into the INTJ/ISTJ trap, find an INTJ and ask them to tell them about themselves - since we're generally narcissistic cunts, we'll love to talk about ourselves (I know I do XD).

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Hi! First of all, I just wanted to say thank you so much for this blog, it's helped me so much to become a better writer and to develop my characters more completely. Second, this is a really general question, but I've seen a lot of overplayed personalities in characters because they're easy to play, but I was wondering if there were any personalities you would want to see in a character? Sorry if it's a kind of general question, I just want to create a really original character. Thanks! :)

I'm really glad to hear that. That was truly my goal in making this blog - since I'm a writer myself, and I RP a lot; nothing bugs me more in the RP world than characters who aren't thought out a lot, and so it's more me conditioning the environment I play in by giving them the tools they need. So hearing that is really, really awesome.

I often base my characters on Jung's personality theory (colloquially known as the MBTI [but please steer away from the MBTI and focus on the cognitive functions, because the MBTI is severely flawed]) and the Enneagram personality theory. I've speculated the following;

Jung = 16 personality types x Enneagram's 9 personality types x Enneagram's 27 tri-types x Enneagram's 2 wings for each personality type x Enneagram's 3 variants = 23,328 possible, unique personality types.

This excludes personal experience and the nurture part of the personality, and it only includes healthy personalities, so it also excludes abnormal psychology.

The more common personalities in roleplay that I have seen are (for Jung) ESFP, ENFP, ISTJ, ESFJ, and INFP - (for Enneagram) Type Two, Type Four, Type Six, and Type Seven.

The personalities I'd love to see more are ENTP, ISTP, INTJ, ENTJ, and INFJ, but generally, they're hard to do for people who don't belong to those types, due to how their cognitive functions work; it's really hard to replicate (a character who is meant to be an INTJ ends up acting like an ISTJ, an ENTP often ends up like an ENFP, an ENTJ ends up an ESTJ, an ISTP ends up as an ESTP or ESFP, and an  INFJ ends up as an INFP or an ISFJ).

It's not really so much as making an original character, rather than a real personality, that is separate from yours. A consistent character. How you do this is, you imagine what the character is like, and you look through real psychology for things that fall in line with your character (for instance, this blog would be a good start). Don't try to mould the character into something YOU want it to be, let the character tell you what it's like, and stick to that. Be honest about it. I've found that characters are much more believable, not when the writer decides who they are, but when the character decides who they are.

Don't be afraid to go in deep. Decide on a Jung personality type, on all the faces of the Enneagram personality theory, but stay away from abnormal psychology (like personality theories), unless the personality truly is abnormal. For instance, sexual abuse in the past may damage some personality types mentally, and cause abnormalities, but other personality types are able to relativise certain traumas, and so there's no need to diagnose it with anything, but it's enough to say it's a mildly unhealthy form of a certain personality type.

Play with a character's history. See how they react coming from different situations, and which one fits the character most. I'd save moral alignment for last unless the character's morals are firm, because I have plenty of characters who have two moral alignments based on what has happened to them (a default Chaotic Good character can also be a Chaotic Neutral character based on environmental events).

I'm really sorry if this turned out to be a very long post, I didn't really mean to ramble on about it, lol. There's just not an easy answer to it. If you want to see my own personal character development, you can find it here, for reference. Any questions you further have are more than welcome.

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Hi! I had a question. I'm trying to write a character who is of Hispanic descent with parents who are immigrants. Any tips on writing foreign characters without being cliche and painfully stereotypical?

A lot of research. Since there's not just the one Hispanic nationality, decide where, exactly, the parents come from and research the country's history and culture. You don't have to become an expert on it, but you don't want to come across as ignorant.

I'll take a pet peeve of mine as an example; naming traditions in Russia, even now, are different than in Western Europe and such. This doesn't just go for the diminutives of given names, but it also goes for patronymics and last names. For instance, if I see a Russian female character with a last name like 'Aleksandrov', then I already know the writer has done absolutely no research on the origins - female Russian last names are, more often than not, suffixed by an 'a' - making it 'Aleksandrova'. Just to give an idea.

I suggest looking to see if there's special naming traditions in the country of origin first - they'll most likely affect the character's parents - and from there, look into culture. It's also a good thing to keep the state of economy in mind, because in the poorer countries, it's unlikely for the parents to be swimming in money.

Research how immigrants are treated in that time, in the country to which they will immigrate, because that will be an important factor. Research a country's history for special events, wars or insurgencies, or any other type of conflict - maybe it's even local, or caused by the underworld (like a town being threatened by drugs lords due to some political troubles).

Either way, while you don't have to become an expert on the subject, treat yourself to enough information to make sure you don't blatantly offend people of Hispanic descent (or nationality) with obvious ignorance and situations that simply aren't bound to reality.

That's all I can tell you.

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Hello! I found your blog and like it a lot, especially the in depth descriptions on mental disorders. May I request that you make a post about hypersexuality? It would help me out a lot. Thank you <3

There's no classification of hypersexuality or sexual addiction in the DSM (I own the DSM-IV-TR), since APA (the American Psychiatric Association) considered and rejected the proposal to add it to the manual.

It's included in the ICD (International Classification of Disease), though, so I'll see what I can do with the limited resourced.

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Possible suggestion for a post: Avoid giving your character mastery of too many skills or letting them learn unlikely skills too quickly (learn to play an instrument in a year, can speak 20 languages, can hack a computer in three tries, stuff like that).

Yes, I will definitely do a post about that, actually, because I've found too many roleplayers go to extremes too often (either invincible or utterly pathetic) and it makes for a really boring character.

I'm also going to talk about classic intelligence (as in IQ) and emotional intelligence (as in EI), since people only seem to believe IQ is important in a character, when it's truly EI that makes the most deceptive and cunning characters, person versus person.

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dependent personality disorder: dsm-iv-tr

DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES

The essential feature of Dependent Personality Disorder is a pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissive and clinging behaviour and fears of separation. This pattern begins by early adulthood and is present in a variety of contexts. The dependent and submissive behaviours are designed to elicit care-giving and arise from a self-perception of being unable to function adequately without the help of other.

Individuals with Dependent Personality Disorder have great difficulty making everyday decisions (e.g., what colour shirt to wear to work or whether to carry an umbrella) without an excessive amount of advice and reassurance from others. These individuals tend to be passive and to allow other people (often a single other person) to take the initiative and assume responsibility for most major areas of their lives. Adults with this disorder typically depend on a parent or spouse to decide where they should live, what kind of job they should have, and which neighbours to befriend. Adolescents with this disorder may allow their parent(s) to decide what they should wear, with whom they should associate, how they should spend their free time, and what school or college they should attend. This need for others to assume responsibility goes beyond age-appropriate and situation-appropriate requests for assistance from others (e.g., the specific needs of children, elderly persons, and handicapped persons). Dependent Personality Disorder may occur in an individual who has a serious general medical condition or disability, but in such cases the difficulty in taking responsibility must go beyond what would normally be associated with that condition or disability.

Because they fear losing support or approval, individuals with Dependent Personality Disorder often have difficulty expressing disagreement with other people, especially those on whom they are dependent. These individuals feel so unable to function alone that they will agree with things that they feel are wrong rather than risk losing the help of those to whom they look for guidance. They do not get appropriately angry at others whose support and nurturance they need for fear of alienating them. If the individual's concerns regarding the consequences of expressing disagreement are realistic (e.g., realistic fears of retribution from an abusive spouse), the behaviour should not be considered to be evidence of Dependent Personality Disorder.

Individuals with this disorder have difficulty initiating projects or doing things independently. They lack self-confidence and believe that they need help to begin and carry through tasks. They will wait for others to start things because they believe that as a rule others can do them better. These individuals are convinced that they are incapable of functioning independently and present themselves as inept and requiring constant assistance  They are, however, likely to function adequately if given the assurance that someone else is supervising and approving.There may be a fear of becoming or appearing to be more competent, because they may believe that this will lead to abandonment. Because they rely on others to handle their problems, they often do not learn the skills of independent living, thus perpetuating dependency.

Individuals with Dependent Personality Disorder may go to excessive lengths to obtain nurturance and support from others, even to the point of volunteering for unpleasant tasks if such behaviour will bring the care they need. They are willing to submit to what others want, even if the demands are unreasonable. Their need to maintain an important bond will often result in imbalanced or distorted relationships. They may make extraordinary self-sacrifices or tolerate verbal, physical, or sexual abuse. (It should be noted that this behaviour should be considered evidence of Dependent Personality Disorder only when it can clearly be established that other options are available to the individual.) Individuals with this disorder feel uncomfortable or helpless when alone, because of their exaggerated fears of being unable to care for themselves. They will "tag along" with important others just to avoid being alone, even if they are not interested or involved in what is happening.

When a close relationship ends (e.g., a breakup with a lover; the death of a caregiver), individuals with Dependent Personality Disorder may urgently seek another relationship to provide the care and support they need. Their belief that they are unable to function in the absence of a close relationship motivates these individuals to become quickly and indiscriminately attached to another person. Individuals with this disorder are often preoccupied with fears of being left to care for themselves. They see themselves as so totally dependent on the advice and help of an important other person that they worry about being abandoned by that person when there are no grounds to justify such fears. To be considered as evidence of this criterion, the fears must be excessive and unrealistic. For example, an elderly man with cancer who moves into his son's household for care is exhibiting dependent behaviour that is appropriate given this person's life circumstance.

ASSOCIATED FEATURES AND DISORDERS

Individuals with Dependent Personality Disorder are often characterised by pessimism and self-doubt, tend to belittle their abilities and assets, and may constantly refer to themselves as "stupid". They take criticism and disapproval as proof of their worthlessness and lose faith in themselves. They may seek overprotection and dominance from others. Occupational functioning may be impaired if independent initiative is required. They may avoid positions of responsibility and become anxious when faced with decisions. Social relations tend to be limited to those few people on whom the individual is dependent. There may be an increased risk of Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorder, and Adjustment Disorder. Dependent Personality Disorder often co-occurs with other Personality Disorders, especially Borderline, Avoidant, and Histrionic Personality Disorders. Chronic physical illness or Separation Anxiety Disorder in childhood or adolescence may predispose the individual to the development of this disorder.

SPECIFIC CULTURE, AGE, AND GENDER FEATURES

The degree to which dependent behaviours are considered to be appropriate varies substantially across different age and sociocultural groups. Age and cultural factors need to be considered in evaluating the diagnostic threshold of each criterion. Dependent behaviour should be considered characteristic of the disorder only when it is clearly in excess of the individual's cultural norms or reflects unrealistic concerns. An emphasis on passivity, politeness, and deferential treatment is characteristic of some societies and may be misinterpreted as traits of Dependent Personality Disorder. Similarly, societies may differentially foster and discourage dependent behaviour in males and females. This diagnosis should be used with great caution, if at all, in children and adolescents, for whom dependent behaviour may be developmentally appropriate. In clinical settings, this disorder has been diagnosed more frequently in females, although some studies report similar prevalence rates among males and females.

PREVALENCE

Dependent Personality Disorder is among the most frequently reported Personality Disorders encountered in mental health clinics.

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

Dependent Personality Disorder must be distinguished from dependency arising a consequence of Axis I disorders (e.g., Mood Disorders, Panic Disorder, and Agoraphobia) and as a result of general medical conditions. Dependent Personality Disorder has an early onset, chronic course, and a pattern of behaviour that does not occur exclusively during an Axis I or Axis III disorder.

Other Personality Disorders may be confused with Dependent Personality Disorder because they have certain features in common. It is, therefore, important to distinguish among these disorders based on differences in their characteristic features. However, if an individual has personality features that meet criteria for one or more Personality Disorders in addition to Dependent Personality Disorder, all can be diagnosed. Although many Personality Disorders are characterised by dependent features, Dependent Personality Disorder can be distinguished by its predominantly submissive, reactive, and clinging behaviour.

Both Dependent Personality Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder are characterised by fear of abandonment; however, the individual with Borderline Personality Disorder reacts to abandonment with feelings of emotional emptiness, rage, and demands, whereas the individual with Dependent Personality Disorder reacts with increasing appeasement and submissiveness and urgently seeks a replacement relationship to provide care giving and support. Borderline Personality Disorder can further be distinguished from Dependent Personality Disorder by a typical pattern of unstable and intense relationships.

Individuals with Histrionic Personality Disorder, like those with Dependent Personality Disorder, have a strong need for reassurance and approval and may appear childlike and clinging. However, unlike Dependent Personality Disorder, which is characterised by self-effacing and docile behaviour, Histrionic Personality Disorder is characterised by gregarious flamboyance with active demands for attention.

Both Dependent Personality Disorder and Avoidant Personality Disorder are characterised by feelings of inadequacy, hypersensitivity to criticism, and a need for reassurance; however, individuals with Avoidant Personality Disorder have such a strong fear of humiliation and rejection that they withdraw until they are certain they will be accepted. In contrast, individuals with Dependent Personality Disorder have a pattern of seeking and maintaining connections to important others, rather than avoiding and withdrawing from relationships.

Dependent Personality Disorder must be distinguished from Personality Change Due to a General Medical Condition, in which the traits emerge due to the direct effects of a general medical condition on the central nervous system. It must also be distinguished from symptoms that may develop in association with chronic substance use (e.g., Cocaine-Related Disorder Not Otherwise Specified).

Many individuals display dependent personality traits. Only when these traits are inflexible, maladaptive, and persisting and cause significant functional impairment or subjective distress do they constitute Dependent Personality Disorder.

DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER

A pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissive and clinging behaviour and fears of separation, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

(1) has difficulty making everyday decisions without an excessive amount of advice and reassurance from others;

(2) needs others to assume responsibility for most major areas of his or her life;

(3) has difficulty expressing disagreement with others because of fear of loss of support or approval; NOTE: Do not include realistic fears of retribution.

(4) has difficulty initiating projects or doing things on his or her own (because of a lack of self-confidence in judgement or abilities rather than a lack of motivation or energy);

(5) goes to excessive lengths to obtain nurturance and support from others, to the point of volunteering to do things that are unpleasant;

(6) feels uncomfortable or helpless when alone because of exaggerated fears of being unable to care for himself or herself;

(7) urgently seeks another relationship as a source of care and support when a close relationship ends;

(8) is unrealistically preoccupied with fears of being left to take care of himself or herself.

Requested by anonymous.

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Can you post some info on Dependent Personality Disorder?

Since I have recently gotten the DSM-IV-TR, I will copy the entire chapter concerning DPD for you.

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hey what does ESFJ and all these terms stand for?

It's Jungian theory. http://www.cognitiveprocesses.com/16Types/16Types.cfm