Quote Originally Posted by DonDee View Post
I'm just a very "social" guy who loves the company of others. And sure, I seek the "applause of the crowd" every now and then (and who doesn't?), but I seriously doubt that makes me (HIGH) DEPENDENT. I once lived alone for a 6 year stretch (no roomie, no live-in nor serious GF), and had a job wherein I didn't need to interact with others. And I loved that job.

I'd rather be scored a PARANOID. Coz that I am. Having survived an alien abduction and all.
Well I'm very proud of you for being "social" and being able to live by yourself (yay! DonDee is a big boy now!), but it doesn't mean you're not dependent. I'm way totally overdependent and way totally extremely social, sometimes at the same time and sometimes not. Sometimes I'm the exact opposite and way totally independent and way totally anti-social. You don't understand the definition of dependent and how it has nothing at all to do with your social experiences.


Quote Originally Posted by DonDee View Post
Anti-social on one side, dependent on the other. SANE and NORMAL is a very thin line.
Yeah....

Dependancy and being social/anti-social have nothing to do with one another. You have this idea that someone who is the opposite of dependent must never speak to any other humans ever and lock themselves away from the world and be totally cut off from everyone. That's not at all the case.

By seeking the applause of the crowd (your words) you are admitting to be dependent on the approval of others. That's exactly what dependency is and that's how I explained it in my previous post. You're just dense.