Should I seek therapy to fix my personality disorder symptoms?

[Anonymous]

I have dependant personality disorder. I have a fear of abandonment from people and a fear of living or travelling alone. I ‘need;’ my friends and family and any guys I’ve ever really liked to approve of me, to the point where I literally can’t completely cut people from my life, even if I know they’re bad for me. My PD is mild, so a formal diagnosis wasn’t necessary. I’m only a little bit needy. But my fear of not being wanted and being abandoned is huge. Should I just accept it, or discuss it in therapy?

[hahahmm]

People had less mental health issues and did better in life before we had a bunch of experts running around telling them they're victims & other people in society babying them and encouraging them to wallow in whatever. So my advice is, start acting the way you want to be. Eventually you will convince yourself that it's the right way to be. It's like building a muscle. And yes, I have known women with the same issue you describe & therapy was a waste of time but the therapists make like $300-$400/hour and love it.

[Anonymous]

Yes you should. Sounds like a co-dependency. Sounds as though you try to help everyone else but yourself.

[slatyb]

Yes, you should