Posted by Lurker on September 12, 1999, at 0:32:18
In reply to obsessions about others, posted by cinder on September 11, 1999, at 20:39:38
I fixate on people. Since puberty it's always been men, but before that
Sounds a bit like borderline personality disorder plus
depression.
Apparently it happens alot to people who have
truly insecure childhood experiences. These can include
alcoholic or parents who fight constantly; or any lack
of healthy child-adult relationships. For the female
child who has a disinterested and/or distracted mother
coupled to distant/cold or nonexistent father, this
is a double whammy. With no one to guide her, she
idolizes anybody (usually men) who give her the
tiniest bit of attention. When they "abandon" her,
the child still inside throws a "tantrum" and
wants to punish that person. Usually this never
happens so she falls into that vast pit of anger
and melancholy.Lots of variations on this disoder, though. And if
the new bio on Princess Diana is 1/2 real, it looks
as if she was a prime candidate.
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