Dependent Personality Disorder and Overfunctioning (2021 Rerun)
Psychology In Seattle Podcast
Kirk Honda
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Deserving listeners, just me today. I thought I would answer some patron emails. |
| 0:04.5 | This first email from Anonymous patron, she writes, |
| 0:07.9 | My daughter is seven years old now. My daughter is seven years old now. |
| 0:12.6 | And almost always wants me to make choices for her with things like which move she should make in a game or which flavor of ice cream does she want. |
| 0:23.3 | Simple choices like that. |
| 0:24.9 | Is this normal or is it just a phase? |
| 0:27.3 | I try to tell her it's her choice and be patient with an answer from her, maybe weigh the pros |
| 0:33.9 | and the cons vocally with her, but she insists that I decide for her. |
| 0:38.0 | She's only with me in the summer, so I don't really know how she is with her dad. |
| 0:43.0 | I guess I'm concerned since I've been diagnosed with a personality disorder, and I worry about |
| 0:48.1 | her going through the same thing as I did. |
| 0:51.1 | End of email. |
| 0:52.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:53.1 | So it's hard to tell from your email and even as a parent if a child is developing dependent |
| 1:01.4 | personality disorder or otherwise. |
| 1:04.1 | But let's go over your email here. |
| 1:05.5 | You're saying your daughter's almost seven and always wants you to make choices for her and you're trying to |
| 1:12.9 | you know help her make the choices but she refuses she's like no you must make this choice for me |
| 1:19.0 | you're also telling me that she's only with you in the summer and she's with her dad the rest of the |
| 1:24.4 | year and you don't really know how she is with her dad so that kind |
| 1:28.3 | of tells me that you're not in frequent communication or at least open communication with him |
| 1:33.7 | and you also say that you've been diagnosed with a personality disorder and you're concerned about that |
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