How do girls who have daddy issues behave?

[shriyagrace]

I'm asking this question because I'm curious as to whether or not I have daddy issues.

[Goldie757]

They say a woman has “daddy issues” when her behavior or mindset indicates that her father was either absent in her life completely, or physically present but emotionally unavailable. These issues can plague a young girl into adulthood, especially if she’s trying to compensate for the attention she may not have received from her father in her relationships.

Traits of women with "daddy issues"

1. She Only Dates Older Men

Some women who lacked a father growing up may find themselves solely attracted to older men. These older men then become the “father-figure” in their lives rather than a boyfriend. She looks to these men to care for and provide for her in order to feel a sense of security – which she lacked growing up from her own father. Dating older men is her subconscious yearning for fatherly love.

2. She’s Jealous and/or Overly Protective

Most women who grew up without a father probably did so because their father left the home. No matter the reason, all she knows is her father abandoned her – and if she’s close to and adores her mother, she may be resentful that he abandoned her mother as well. In dating situations, she may be a bit jealous, clingy and overly protective of her man because she’s afraid he’ll leave just like her father did. After all, if a father can leave his daughter, certainly a regular Joe off the street can bounce with no warning.

3. She’s Promiscuous or Sexually Aggressive

These women look to sex to fill the void left by her father. Most fathers teach their daughters to respect themselves and their bodies, so if he was never around to give this advice, she may feel that sex is power – and she uses it to gain the attention she lacked as a young girl. Unfortunately, what these women discover is that they can’t fill that void with jerks and jump-offs – she’ll only attract more men who are only interested in sex and who will disappoint her.

4. She is a Serial Dater

Some women can’t remain single because they’re constantly looking for a man to fill her father’s shoes. They move from boyfriend to boyfriend because being alone is their greatest fear. She can’t simply “be.”

[ZeDoggyVanDog]

This is better written then mine.

[kaylaS91]

... contrary to what the majority of the public will think, 'daddy issues' don't exist. 'Daddy issues' being the mythical cause of a woman being promiscuous or simply not seeing anything wrong/immoral with satisfying her sexual desires is not true. Just as true as 'hysteria' or some pathological reasons being the cause behind women having a libido of their own.

The only legitimate 'daddy issues' would be known as the 'electra complex'. A complex put together by Sigmund Freud to explain the behaviours of women who grew up in a home where their father had failed to be present. With the lack of a father-figure while growing up, all this will do wil be leading the woman to be more creative than the average individual, in how she seeks approval outside of the home. One way she chooses to do this might be through her sexuality, just as much as she could resort to bimboesque tactics like playing the 'damsel in distress' excessively. Like pretending she can't figure out how to plug in a USB and asking her crush to help her out.

[ThatLeaf]

Speaking from experience of a girl who has a really awful father figure. I've had people mention that I lack self confidence and I can be a major push over sometimes. I give too much and usually am afraid that when a man gets upset that they might ditch out and leave me or not care about me. Something that I'm working on every day to fix but it is an issue that is really hard to over come. Important part is to remember the past is not your present.

[Cmasterson]

Attaching yourself to anything really that gives you the attention usually in males, wanting that void filled with other things whether sexually or not. List can go on, everyone has different "symptoms"

[ZeDoggyVanDog]

"Daddy Issues" are created when a woman didn't get very few, or even any, attention from their father while young.

They heavily seek men attention by any way possible. Since the fastest way is by physical attraction, it's the one that they will use. If sex give them men attention, they will use it.

It doesn't affect the libido of the person at all. A woman with daddy issue can be asexual (not attracted by the act of sex) but they won't hesitate to use it (sex) to get the attention of a man.

[realperson02]

i think this might help

https://youtu.be/ETXUVOKNMS0

if not then see other videos.

[RandomMay]

Do you have daddy issues or not? It is very simple. Do you and your father get along? Was your father absent in your life? I mean, nobody but you can answer that.

[MadeInAmerica]

Everyone takes it differently. So there isn't a true way that everyone reacts when they don';t have a father figure around.

[AbriBooBear]

I usually get into lots of trouble get high a lot and sleep around. Not to mention the fact I am very suicdal and depressed.

[ZeDoggyVanDog]

Having sex and get high as fuck have nothing to do with daddy issues.
Same goes for being suicidal and/or deppressed. But please, go seek help for those thing, for your own sake.

[Ocean1]

It could very well have somthing to do with hat... you may be trying to numb a pain inside... im sorry and hope your okay

[MarriedMale43]

@AbriBooBear - it feels wrong to "thumbs up" this answer, but @ZeDoggyVanDog is correct. No judgment here about getting high or sleeping around, but "suicidal and depressed" are major psychological issues. Please report those feelings so an educated adult in your life: your pediatrician or GP, a school counselor, an aunt, a former teacher, a minister or rabbi, a best friend's mother. Pick the person over 30 that you trust the most to put your interests first, and tell them.

[zynapse]

if you have About 20 sexual encounters you regret you have daddy issues, no need for further explination..

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

If you tend to like older guys you may have daddy issues , hahaha

[ArchersArrow]

You tend to like boys who are more like father figures?

[rgb008]

They seek out attention from other men because they didn't get it from their father.
They are usually promiscuous.

[willwhitez]

Most girls do Just some daddy issues are not destructive

[DNB1994]

They want a boyfriend so they can boost their confidence, not because they are in love. Avoid at all costs.

[jaydtre]

Fall for guys really fast and typically go for older men.

[AnonyLady]

Trying to find guys so to speak as a father figure or an older figure to guide you.

[Anonymous]

Probably when they tell their older boyfriend to "spank me daddy"

[Anonymous]

They usually like guys significantly older and desperately want someone to take care of them. They have emotional instability issues too.

[ilovesexyfeet]

They behave however daddy tells them to ;-)

[0112358]

Often very naughtily. Then they get spanked.

[Soniant]

I am curious as well.

[John_Doesnt]

Look at Lindsay Lohan & you'll know.

[Fitness-Fanatic]

No I don't

[Popo21]

Like sloots

[CT_CD]

You probably do