Question

Harold lives with his mother with whom he is very close and agrees with everything she says. when he started seeing a young woman and the relationship became serious, his mother convinced him that his girlfriend was not good enough for him, so harold stopped the relationship. he has two close friends who have been his friend since they met in kindergarten. whenever they do something, it is always one of his friends who decides what they do. harold just follows along. harold like suffers from _______________ personality disorder.

Answer 1

DEPENDENT. Harold likely suffers from co-dependency personality disorder, which typically looks like individuals being overly reliant or dependent upon other people and not themselves. We can see that Harold will not do things he individually desires once his mother disapproves, and this is the same with his friends; he does not ever decide what to do, or where to go. Even if Harold wants to deeply do something (for example, date the young woman he enjoys), he does not do it once he sees that someone disapproves.