For example, John, a 26-year-old, unemployed male, comes from a wealthy family and his father is a business-owner. Instead of looking for a job and helping his dad to take care of his business, he relies on his father for monetary support after he received his credit card bills showing that he maxed over $1,000 credit limit and he ran out of his pocket money. He becomes helpless and anger. Therefore, John feels that getting father's support is a way to seek solution so he could get out of this stress.
Friends may notice that those people with DPD depending heavily on them for validation. For example, John goes out with his roommate who is also his high school friend and he does not pay his friend back for drinks that he bought for John at the bars.
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