what's a word for someone who is dependant on other people?

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Answer 1

Mooch

Answer 2

Someone who is dependant upon another for support in any manner is simply called a "dependant." A co-dependant has the connotation of a dysfunctionally simbiotic relationship. Example of this is an alcoholic husband who needs his wife to support his habit financially, emotionally, psychologically, etc. The wife is dependant upon the husband's alcoholism to fulfill some sort of dysfunctional psychological and/or emotional need that she most likely doesn't even realize she has. THIS is co-dependancy. Co- means the dependancy goes both ways; they each rely on and need the other for something.

Do not confuse the two.

"Dependant" has a number of synonyms: conditional, contingent, relative, subject

A dependant can be a child, a spouse, or anyone who relies upon someone else to fulfill a particular need, whether it be financial, emotional, or social.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

codependant.

There are many definitions used to talk about codependency today. The original concept of codependency was developed to acknowledge the responses and behaviors people develop from living with an alcoholic or substance abuser. A number of attributes can be developed as a result of those conditions.

However, over the years, codependency has expanded into a definition which describes a dysfunctional pattern of living and problem solving developed during childhood by family rules.

One of many definitions of codependency is: a set of *maladaptive, *compulsive behaviors learned by family members in order to survive in a family which is experiencing *great emotional pain and stress.

*maladaptive - inability for a person to develop behaviors which get needs met.

*compulsive - psychological state where a person acts against their own will or conscious desires in which to behave.

*sources of great emotional pain and stress - chemical dependency; chronic mental illness; chronic physical illness; physical abuse; sexual abuse; emotional abuse; divorce; hypercritical or non-loving environment.

As adults, codependent people have a greater tendency to get involved in relationships with people who are perhaps unreliable, emotionally unavailable, or needy. And the codependent person tries to provide and control everything within the relationship without addressing their own needs or desires; setting themselves up for continued unfulfillment.

Even when a codependent person encounters someone with healthy boundaries, the codependent person still operates in their own system; they’re not likely to get too involved with people who have healthy boundaries. This of course creates problems that continue to recycle; if codependent people can’t get involved with people who have healthy behaviors and coping skills, then the problems continue into each new relationship.

Answer 4

codependent

Answer 5

parasite
leech
helpless
useless
hanicapped
disabled
oops,sorry.