CHRISTIAN SINGLE’S GUIDE TO PERSONALITY DISORDERS
WHICH CAUSE DEPRESSION FOR BOTH THE PERPETRATOR AND THEIR VICTIMS
Chapter 25 Warning- A Christian Single’s Dating Disaster:
Narcissism And Other Personality Disorders
The Dependent Personality Disorder
Social parasites usually are not ashamed of their life style.
Indeed, they may be scornful of those who work hard at low wage jobs,
or of up and coming businessmen or enterprising entrepreneurs, who
must toil 80 hours a week or more to become successful, leaving no
time for the pleasures the social parasite enjoys in leisure. But the
day may come when the parasite loses his ride on the gravy train, and
he is left with no resume with which to find a good job, no medical
insurance, or any of the safety net security devices the hard worker
has. The social parasite’s role model or idol is the child born to
riches and privilege, such as princes or offspring of the super rich.
In the latter case, Daddy may give the child a job in the company
where he can do no damage, and his productivity or lack thereof, has
no consequences. Employees and management may not see the playboy for
weeks at a time, as he “goes on business trips” or does work away
from the office. Strangely enough, these high end sponges often
struggle with depression and boredom, as time goes by and their life
has no meaning or structure. They may support some cause or charity,
but it won’t satisfy, because they do not put their heart or energy
into it. They are so used to the easy life, they don’t know that
striving and hard work are satisfying in themselves. In fact, God
designed us in such a way, Christian singles, that we don’t
appreciate what we haven’t put our hearts and sweat into. There is
something about work resulting in success that is so gratifying and
thrilling, nothing compares. When we have used our talent,
imagination, sweat and creativity to produce something new and useful
to society, we feel so fulfilled, and we know that our lives have
meaning and purpose. So the parasite who lives off his host’s hard
work and creativity never gets the pay-off, the proud feeling of a job
well done. Indeed, the mooch eventually loses his smug, self-indulgent
image, and falls into depression and self- loathing. A lifetime of
self-indulgence and excesses also take their toll on body, mind and
spirit, and leave the social parasite weakened, with no vision for the
future. This is the view of the up-scale mooch, but what about the
low-end “under achiever?”
