clinginess

One thing that might play into it is that "clinginess" can be a sign of either obsession or a co-dependent relationship.

Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums 2010

Brian O'Brien, a now-independent researcher in Floreat, Western Australia, and a former professor of space science at Rice University in Houston, determined that the angle of the sun in the lunar sky modulates the "clinginess" of lunar dust,

Gearlog 2009

We saw some things in summer school — a lot of clinginess, a lot of fears, separation anxiety to a much higher degree than we typically experience, acting-out behavior by kids who don't typically act out, Huff says.

As ravaged Joplin heals, schools return on time 2011

Since this conversation alone won't change her behavior, you need to determine how much more of this clinginess you can handle.

Dr. Irene S. Levine: Help! My friend has become too needy Dr. Irene S. Levine 2010

We didn't have a brother or sister to play with, so, therefore, we must be a bit like Casper the Friendly Ghost, wandering about asking random people if we can "keep them" while giving off the faint aura of desperation and clinginess.

Who needs siblings? 2011

We saw some things in summer school — a lot of clinginess, a lot of fears, separation anxiety to a much higher degree than we typically experience, acting-out behavior by kids who don't typically act out, Huff says.

As ravaged Joplin heals, schools return on time 2011

Since this conversation alone won't change her behavior, you need to determine how much more of this clinginess you can handle.

Dr. Irene S. Levine: Help! My friend has become too needy Dr. Irene S. Levine 2010

Since this conversation alone won't change her behavior, you need to determine how much more of this clinginess you can handle.

Dr. Irene S. Levine: Help! My friend has become too needy Dr. Irene S. Levine 2010

So it's not like he was having some kind of regressive clinginess, I don't think.

Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2010

Since this conversation alone won't change her behavior, you need to determine how much more of this clinginess you can handle.

Dr. Irene S. Levine: Help! My friend has become too needy Dr. Irene S. Levine 2010