The dependent person basically becomes a barnacle.

依赖他人的人基本上会变成一个难以摆脱之人。

Because the dependent person has little self-agency, they tend to latch onto healthy and solid presenting individuals, believing them to be able to take care of things.

因为依赖他人的人几乎没有自我能动性，他们倾向于依附于健康而可靠的人，相信他们能够处理好事情。

If their life in terms of decision-making can be described as, ask someone where to go and what to do, and they're constantly clinging to others to lead, they might be a dependent person that creates dependent relationships.

如果他们在生活中在做决定时会——问别人去哪里、做什么，他们总是依赖别人来领导——那么他们就可能是一个依赖型的人，创造了相互依赖的关系。