When normal growth and development is hindered during the oral stage of growth (during the babyhood feeding period), the oral character is created. If a child does not get enough of its mother or her nurturing during this stage of growth, the child experiences abandonment and is forced to become independent too early. The person (the child or as an adult) also develops a
fear of asking for their true needs, a belief in the lack of nourishment and nurturing, and a belief in abandonment. The person does not know how to ask or receive naturally and healthily. Their asking then becomes tainted with possessiveness, clinging and dependency, and its receiving is tainted with greed and spite. They also demand to be nurtured by others,