who can talk about histrionic personality disorder esp. if they suffer from it / have met sm1?

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I mean real life experiences...care to tell me about it?
Someone who used to be my best friend has it. Well, I think they have it, but anyway. She is loud, dresses to gain attention, always has to have the conversation/event focused on her. She dyes her hair a lot so people will notice her. She makes up illnesses often, especially mental ones, so people will feel sorry for her. She dates a guy for a week and they break up and she tells everyone she loved him and that she'll never get over him because he was her soulmate and now she has trust issues. Did I mention she's almost 14? She can be immature and she starts fights to get attention. This is just my personal experience. Of course, this could also be just because she's a teenager... but if you knew her, you can tell that it is to the extreme.  (+ info)

How do they diagnose Histrionic Personality disorder?

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A diagnosis can be made by knowing the patient's history and by doing a psychological examination.

Individual displays five or more of the following criteria:

Is uncomfortable in situations in which he or she is not the center of attention
Interaction with others is often characterized by inappropriate sexually seductive or provocative behavior
Displays rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotions
Consistently uses physical appearance to draw attention to self
Has a style of speech that is excessively impressionistic and lacking in detail
Shows self-dramatization, theatricality and exaggerated expression of emotion
Is suggestible, that is, easily influenced by others or circumstances
Considers relationships to be more intimate than they actually are.

Most psychological disorders are diagnosed through observation and by conducting a diagnostic assesment by a psychiatrist. They cannot be determined with a blood test or other traditional medical methods.
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Living with person with Histrionic Personality Disorder.?

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If you have lived with or are living with a person who has histrionic personality disorder, can you answer a few of my questions:
What is the most challenging aspect of the relationship?
Did it get better or worse with time?
How are/were you related to the person?
How old was the person?
How did it affect you?

I am facing a very severe problem due to someone close who has this problem and I would like to hear from others who have been there, or better still, make a few online friends to discuss this.
From what I know about personality disorders, diagnosis is IFFY and meds don't work.

I had a partner who did have a little Histrionic PD. I will NOT say he was HPD. People are not disorders.

He didn't get better or worse. But putting up with some things for me got increasingly annoying and irritating because I didn't know any professional methods to deal with his behaviours. He was 33 at the time.

I don't view Personality disorders the same way others will. I see them as just exaggerated traits that we all have. So it's your problem if you like them or not as long as nothing is illegal.  (+ info)

Does anyone know anything on Histrionic Personality Disorder?

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I know a person who falls into this personality class. I read the text book info about this, to help me understand better what in blazes is going on. I dealt with this person for 5 years. Others around me, just put up with her(at work). Everyone pretty well did not ever confront Peaches with any issue cuz she would bust out crying, be mad 4 days on end, not work with you or help u in an emergency and deal out huge doses of the silent treatment. As long as Peaches thought life was grand, it was infact grand for her. It was very miserable 4 me to have Peaches as a co-worker cuz she couldn't handle her own problems, let alone the ones at work....so nothing got done. When Peaches was the problem herself as she often was, we had to ignore her and tough it out. Peaches liked to make serious mistakes at work, and then claim she didn't know better or mean harm......of course this all ended up in an emmotional trip for weeks of her berating herself, crying any where in front of anyone to get the attention she craved, being moody and unstable and missing work. Peaches was an emmotional mess, Iam so glad I moved to a different shift. In addition to her low, depressed attention seeking swings....Peaches played the other end of the scale as well(anything to call attention to herself) by being super happy and bouncey and cheery and giggling when it is a bad time to giggle, bragging non-stop to anyone she should encounter...meaning she repeats the same story over and over and over and over bubbling and bouncing away. Peaches was rather loud in tone. Not only does Peaches play the emmotional spectrum, she dresses in ways to gain attention...ways that go from stupid, not work appropriate to revealing, sexy, to dirty and smelling bad. I will never forget the day Peaches came to work and announced to everyone how she was going to smell like puke all day cuz a baby puked on her just b 4 she came to work.......Peaches is desperate 4 attention. I never gave her attention because the few times I mistakenly did do so, I couldn't get rid of her and she then acted like we were best friends................................................Dealing with Peaches took a serious dose of humor, every day. If she was depressed, I learned to stay the heck away...making her earn attention by being good. If Peaches was on cloud 9, I pretty much did the same thing just not to the same degree. I did not engage Peaches in any emmotional issues ever. I learned the hard way, when Peaches is bawling her brains out, not to solve her problems 4 her(she'd get mad and I'd end up paying the price) but to let her bawl to everyone in earshot all day and let her dwell. Getting Peaches to take any sort of solid responsibility was a nightmare, so I made no confrontations. My boss seemed to beat around the bush, and yell at all of us when she was really yelling at Peaches. I have found very little material wise to read about these subjects, however in dealing with one personally, I can tell you, it is all about the attention. Good luck  (+ info)

Anyone have histrionic personality disorder?

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I was reading a description of it and think I might have it. I don't try to seduce men or dress in a revealing way at all but I had most of the signs. How were you diagnosed and how do you cope with and manage it? Thanks!
I don't have it, but you should probably see a therapist of some kind to resolve all of your questions, and help you deal with this throughout your life.
Good luck.  (+ info)

I think my friend has histrionic personality disorder.?

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One of my best friends we just thought has a bunch of crazy problems emotionally and everything, but then we read an article on Histrionic personality disorder and the article describes her EXACTLY word for word, and I'm not exaggerating. My friends (we're all best friends) we figured this out and we wanna get her help because we're really worried she's getting really out of control and not realizing her mistakes. How do you suggest we do this without her flipping out? or her realizing that we're right (which she never does) We really think she needs help.
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I have Histrionic personality disorder,What medications can i take?

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my stupid therapist is not prescribing me saying its just a phase...and people around me think im to vulgar and mindless and shallow....
ugh my life hates me...
what do i do?


ps-im gay and my therapist thinks that too is a freaking phase
you can't take medication for this, I have it too, you can only have therapy and maybe antidepressants to help with that side of it. I have been seeing a therapist for 18 months and its a very long and hard process and I've lost many people along the way, but just as long as you are doing everything you can don't let anyone make you feel down or bad about yourself. Society created this disorder by mistreating people so don't let anybody make you feel rotten if you're making the effort to change. I would suggest that if your therapist is saying such stuff you should change therapist. Are you in the US or elsewhere? If you're in the UK you can always change therapists easily.  (+ info)

Does anyone suffer with Histrionic Personality disorder? Please help!?

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i have borderline personality disorder with histrionic traits. my questions are what is your life life living with histrionic disorder? do you have family/friends that believe in who you truly are? how often do you put on an act? (not being your true self) What problems have you encountered because of this personality disorder?

thank you in advance for your input...i just need some help from other that live with is personality disorder!
thank you for the info :)...i know what histrionic is...i want to know what your life is like with it.
I realize that you really have a lot that you are currently going through concerning your fiance, his 2 children and their dysfunctional mother....and I would imagine these issues combined with the disorders that you have been diagnosed with must really make the situation all that more stressful for you....I admit that I know very little about Histrionic Personality Disorder...I don't have any family or acquaintances with the disorder....but I have heard of it. Thank you TigerLilly for the information that you provided. I can only imagine what people with these kinds of disorders must go through and the frustrations you must feel. I certainly hope that anyone that suffers from HPD or any related disorders do get that the love and support that they need from families and friends.  (+ info)

Can someone FURTHER explain what is COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER w/ NARCISSISTIC & HISTRIONIC TRAITS?

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I went thru a psychiatrict test 4 years ago for annulment purposes, but the doctor's explanation was not that clear. If this is a serious case, then i should not marry my current boyfriend because i don't want him to worry & suffer from my own kind of illness. And if this is incurable, then i should stay a single parent for life. I am already divorced 3years ago.
Here are some web sites. Also, I listed the link to a search I conducted. Hope this helps.  (+ info)

A person has Histrionic personality trait. Is it the same as having Histrionic personality disorder?

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NO most of us have a histrionic personality trait to varied degrees.
A histrionic personality disorder has most of their personality traits
histrionic.(everything they do is a major life drama)  (+ info)

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