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People with Histrionic Personality Disorder love to be the center of attention. They get easily attached to others and find themselves proclaiming that a person is their “best friend” within a couple of days of knowing them. More women than men are diagnosed with this disorder. Histrionic Personality Disorder can be misdiagnosed as other mental illnesses such as Borderline Personality Disorder or Bipolar Disorder. However, it has notable differences and symptoms.
All personality disorders are challenging but not impossible to treat. The challenge is that the individual with this disorder can be inflexible in their thinking or perceptions of others. A personality disorder manifests in a distinct pattern of maladaptive behaviors and causes the individual extreme levels of distress. People with Histrionic Personality Disorder have a severe problem with maintaining relationships. People who interact with them feel like they’re undervalued since the individual with this disorder demands to be the center of attention most of the time.
People with Histrionic Personality Disorder frequently struggle to modulate their emotions and shift between emotional states abruptly. For example, one moment they may feel happy, and the next minute they’re suddenly furious about a seemingly tiny problem. They can be inappropriate in their behavior and not understand when to tone it down. People with this condition are often overtly sexual and engage in flirtatious behavior in improper settings.
If you believe that you have Histrionic Personality Disorder, seek out the help of a trained mental health professional. Whether you’re working with a therapist in your local area or an online counselor, you deserve to get the help you need.
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Telling people you’re histrionic to be the center of attention is a 200iq play
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uhh i do that
Histrionics seem like the flip side of narcissists. It seems that, while narcissists are controlling & stoic, histrionics are demanding and overly emotional. I get the feeling that narcissists need to feel respected while histrionics need to feel loved
JAYESH RAJ you just described my parents 😆
I'd like to flip those words with "admired" but one is direct admiration via control while the other is indirect via superficial provocation.
@@shelbelee hahaha
My experience with a person with a personality disorder seems to be that she had NPD with a dose of histrionic thrown in. After analyzing my time with the her it was readily apparent that NPD stood out as the reason for her actions and reactions, but as time went on I found that she also behaved in a histrionic way... overtly sexual and flirtatious in improper settings (at work) stood out, the center of attention, acted dramatically (usually when angry), overly concerned with appearance (she was very beautiful and dressed to kill whenever possible), impulsive (a trait common among all Cluster-B PD's). While you may be thinking that I might be evaluating her incorrectly I can assure you that NPD was her base: grandiose (fantasies of beauty, wealth, status), entitled, special, envious/envied, lack of empathy, impulsive, arrogant, exploitative... and I even got to see the narcissistic "injury" and "rage" when I confronted her about her behavior, lies, and even the "blank look" when I confronted her as she tried to gaslight me. Believe me when I say histrionic seems to go hand-in-hand with narcissistic PD, that I have seen the controlling and stoic as well as the demanding and overly emotional rolled into one. *I work with a person diagnosed as borderline, and I can also say that she may be misdiagnosed as she exhibits histrionic traits, or may be comorbid histrionic/borderline... and I should say that her histrionic traits are over-the-top yet not inappropriate, and I don't detect NPD (though I just learned of her condition and will be interested to see if she does exhibit any NPD traits).
I'm kind of fascinated that this is a copy and paste of the top comment on the Kati Morton video about Histrionic Personality Disorder. I wonder why!
Anyone with this disorder will be very hurt by being called disingenuous with their emotions, which are very hard to deal with and very overwhelming.
People with Histrionic Personality Disorder have a severe problem with maintaining relationships. People who interact with them feel like they’re undervalued since the individual with this disorder demands to be the center of attention most of the time. This video helps lots of people to know more about histrionic personality disorder. Thank you for sharing this video with us.
You are undervalued they do not care about you other than what you can do for them
"lack of filter" -- Good insight.
I've been thinking about HPD and how more women than men are diagnosed with it. More men than women are diagnosed with NPD. Looking at the diagnostic criteria, I wonder if HPD and NPD (both being cluster B personality disorders) are actually 'more feminine' vs 'more masculine' manifestations of the same disorder. Both seek external validation for internal insecurities, both are manipulative, and both are concerned with status. HPD is generally more outwardly social, outwardly emotional, 'seductive', and dramatic. NPD is generally more focused on accumulating and exerting power, financial success, and is very competitive in those ways.
Of course, because there is a lot of overlap in traits between men and women, no doubt some men will be diagnosed as histrionic and some women will be diagnosed Narcissistic, but you would expect more women to manifest outwardly seductive and dramatic traits and more men to focus on exerting power and financial success.
Great point!! 👌
This made so much sense! Thank you for braking it down to clearly! 🙏🏾☺️
thank you for sharing! i think this makes a lot of sense, however i have an ex boyfriend who fits literally ALL the diagnostic criteria for HPD, but not all for NPD. he was a pretty ‘masculine’ individual and was also very violent. i am 100% convinced he has HPD but you have a very interesting point. any thoughts on this?
I read a comment once that histrionics are the female NPD's, and I can see why they made that comment. My female NPD wanted power and control, being seductive and dramatic was just her way of attaining it. A histrionic seems to want love and attention whereas a narcissistic seems to want validation and admiration, and to get it will manipulate their loved ones (if you want to call them that), friends (if you...), etc (a catch-22 if you think about manipulating others to get validation/admiration). But then again PD's tend to mix-and-match, so you can get all kinds of manifestations. :P
Propably women will witness more the histrionic behaviour of men! At least I have met more histrionic men than women - as a beautiful woman. (I have been assessed this way constantly, it’s not my own observation about myself.)
Naturally , I am quite histonronic. Although we all need to understand that must people fall close to one personality disorder. It's all about understanding yourself and taking steps to work on your weaknesses and strengths. To all the histrionics, we deserve to be loved and valued ; love is a two street however. We must grow to understand we have to make others feel important in order for us to be important. Much love
Histrionic personality disorder is a bad condition. I don't want anyone to fall into this situation. you have very helpful advice. thank you
one moment they may feel happy, and the next minute they’re suddenly furious about a seemingly tiny problem. This is right about me.
Thats bipolar. Hpd are a bit different
I have a lot of those symptoms that you mentioned. Another thing that I do is make up stories and talk loudly so that people will hear and try to talk to me about it so that I can be the center of attention.
I think that it can be beneficial to everybody. I have seen some friends will say a lot in dramatic manner which is really hard to find the substance. I think this review can help release the much stress from our friends and family who are experiencing this kind of histrionic personality disorder and make them special once again.
I was diagnosed not long ago. Almost everything is right, but I disagree with what she’s saying at 01:05. My emotions aren’t really superficial. Maybe because I can switch so suddenly it seems like my feelings aren’t genuine. They seem shallow, but in those moments I really am overly emotional. This this can be extremely frustrating, when people won’t believe that you’re really feeling this way. On the other side my therapist assumed I had a borderline personality disorder for a long time so I may be an exception.
Who asked
Can we talk about you self a little. Cuz I have a girlfriend that I'm convinced she has this disorder.. I'm just so f stressed and jalaus and angry all the time .. please help me ?
Yesss same lol esp in romantic relationships this is how I am
Same here. I genuinely have empathy and I have HPD
I have a few friends who always act like "divas" and need to be the center of attention. But I never knew that this could possibly be a personality disorder. Thank you for sharing this informative and helpful video!
I was diagnosed when i was 17 years old after childhood trauma.
Same
I have indeed noticed such behaviour around me but never suspected there is an official diagnosis for this. I simply thought it's a form of egocentric or whimsical manifestation.
This is another label horribly wrong drs over time who might I add tortured children in homes for the longest to this day thrive and nazi up our world to label an hate people. Who the yell r they to say shh an shes a feminist so let's hate men too. Yeah were all crazy haha
me too girl
thug22 lol wht r u saying
I can't tell if I have this or if I just wanna feel loved
Undoubtedly people with Histrionic Personality Disorder love to be the center of attention and as I know they get easily attached to others. They struggle to modulate their emotions. There are a lot of people with this problem around us! Thanks!
Y’all chill no personality type or disorder makes someone a “bully” or a bad person - those are their CHOICES. being born w a disorder isn’t anyone’s fault but as adults we have the capacity to get help and do our best to be good people. If someone hurts u or is a bully it’s not a disorder forcing them to be that way - dont blanket everyone w this disorder as a bad lesson
It feels like fixing this about myself gives me too much anxiety, and I fear it will make me question my sanity.
Thank you!! So true about my toxic best friend (almost boyfriend) that I finally cut off! So relived I'm done with that.
The Histrionic Personality Disorder has been explicitly explained. Fantastic video as always !!!
This seems to be wide spread amongst our population these days. Conceited, attention seeking manipulators and bullies.
it's so difficult dealing with someone with histrionic disorder. how do you help them without losing your mind?😔😕😩
It’s truly mind boggling watching a histrionic at work. I’m at least trying to tell myself that she *also* believes the exaggerations and embellishments and flip-flops she spins in the ever-present case of the high if the drama of the moment... but it still feels a hell of a lot like gaslighting.
It is not up to you to help them. They need professional help. Leave them alone. You will waste your time
FULLY AGREE
Innocent Nemesis I think I have this and I actually do believe it. Like I sort of become the person that the situation demands me to be so in the moment I genuinely believe that’s how I feel
Drawing clear boundaries.. being empathetic.. being reliable and trustworthy..
This is the one and only video that addresses this hard to identify mental disorder and makes it easier to help people that are suffering from it!
The more I watch these videos, the more it explains a lot about people close to me!! I appreciate the help!!
this is the first time I'm hearing about Histrionic Personality Disorder. the description of the disorder was quite clear from this video. thanks.
Diva, attention seeker and a Drama queen. That's my mother right there. She doesn't think there is anything wrong with her yet everybody else has problems. She is always negative about everybody, she never talks about anything positive at least not around the family. I don't communicate with her anymore but I'll be praying for her and hope she gets help in the future.
I'm happy to read you taking good care of yourself. Wish you some peace and fun time.
Thank you for this video. It wasn’t kind to us but it helped us understand why we are the way we are. We don’t mean to be so traumatized and abused and broken. Many people suffering from this are just trying the best we can to survive the pain. Sometimes, we don’t even know we are hurting people. We just want people to like us and not hurt us. We just want the pain to go away and to not be hurt anymore. I guess for others... survival can look like manipulation.
Had someone in my life with this condition and he was heartbroken all the time
How Long are they heartbroken after relationship ends? I try to understand how they function inside...
Iana Geras hi I have HPD contact me if u want to know more I really love to explore it too so it’d be nice to be asked about it
@@kognitivescientist if they have another supply, and that's almost always, than... simply never
Its good to know about the treatments for Histrionic personality disorder. Thank you BetterHelp
explicitly explained, I love your videos... I never knew there is an official diagnosis for this.Thanks a lot for the info
thanks for describing this trouble so well, i'm really fan of your channel!
BetterHelp really shares serious matters and should be discussed within family and friends. Thanks again for sharing such.
Besides the great content of the video I have to say that this channel really helps people who are facing challenging situation . they always offer the best counselors in order to help you to overcome hard situations.
Great explanation, plus your voice and the way you talk is so beautiful and soothing! Thank you so much!
Histrionic personality disorder is very well explained by Dr. Sonia, not only that symptoms and how to get treatment for that also explained to people through this video. I should appreciate her selfless work through youtube.
Awesome explanatory of HPD. We all met or know someone with this condition and it can be hard sometimes
Thank you for this video! The presenter was really good and calm! Love the video!
Amazing information about Histrionic Personality Disorder. Keep it up!
i am glad to see you again Dr, Sonya. Your videos are very informative and helpful. Good service dr.
I think that it can be beneficial to everybody. I have seen some friends will say a lot in dramatic manner which is really hard to find the substance. I think this review can help release the much stress from our friends and family who are experiencing this kind of histrionic personality disorder and make them special once again.
I needed to learn more about Symptoms and i did, thank you.
I think I am dealing with such a situation. I never thought it was a disorder. Thanks for sharing this useful video.
Can you talk a little about you case?
Thanks for a clear informative presentation.
She Literally described me . 😞
Same 😬😩
very interesting the subject that is exposed in this video, I think mental health is something fundametal, each one of us as human beings individually we must have individual health, what I mean by this, is that we must take care of ourselves and be attentive to our mental health.
I had watched many videos uploaded by BetterHelp.Every video is interesting for me. Before watching this video I knew nothing about Histrionic Personality Disorder. Through this video the disorder is well explained.
Amazing video! Thank you so much
So wonderful work you are doing Betterhelp by creating these kinds of informative videos. big thumbs up to you :)
Nice treatment method u had shared out. And it good to learn about it !!!
This video has really helped me so much. thannk you and please upload more.
very helpful! keep it up!
Excellent information explained about histrionic personality disorder. As you said, I have seen some persons will say a lot in dramatic manner which is really hard to find the substance. May be, that is Histrionic personality disorder I think. Thanks for sharing.
I have learned lots of informations from this video. Really its very useful for all of us. Thanks.
Very informative video about Historic Personality Disorder. Thank you for sharing.
A friend of mine does exactly the same. Except for the makeup and high maintenance part, she exhibits classical features of the character 'penelope' from snl. I never saw her letting even a single person finish their sentence while speaking. We can have a mix of two personality disorders and I realized she might be both paranoid and histrionic.
Very good video, Thank you so much
Easy and effective method. thanks for the information.
Useful review of histrionic personality disorder with effective information and details which is important. I think this review can help release the much stress from our friends and family who are experiencing this kind of histrionic personality disorder and make them special once again. Thanks very much for sharing this relevant review and sub you right away.
I think that it can be beneficial to everybody. I have seen some persons will say a lot in dramatic manner which is really hard to find the substance. May be, that is Histrionic personality disorder I think. Thanks for uploading.
informative and detailed review about Histrionic Personality Disorder and it sounds interesting upon watching this video,thanks for sharing it
Ugh ! My sister has this and has just challenged the estate of my mother.
She is trying to get it all and has quite a few authorities convinced she deserves it.
I learned a lot from this video and this helps me understand someone who is suffering from histrionic personality disorder. Experience therapist like you is the recommendable one for treating this kind of disorder. I always admire your video it really helps a lot in understanding someone condition.
Very well done.
Get complete detail about Histrionic Personality Disorder. Very informative video.
Interesting advices. It's not bad to visit a therapist from time to time !
Can an introverted person have HPD? Because i read everywhere that someone with HPD loves to be the center of attention, something an introverted person would normally feel uncomfortable with.
Although now that i think about it, an introverted person may seek other ways of social approval. Is this valid?
This video is so cool, I like it so much. Keep it up.
Interesting advices. It's not bad to visit a therapist from time to time
Thanks for sharing this informative video that telling us more about Histrionic Personality Disorder. If we found any symptoms, we can try various treatment mentioned in the video.
It has great tips on hysterical personality disorder and how to treat it
Thanks for sharing this, I am definitely going to recommend this to my daughter she has been having this problem for a while now
It's very similar to Schizoid Personality Disorder. HPDs are willing to be the centre of attention whatever it takes thus being indifferent to what others think of them as it happens for SzdPD.
Wow this is very interesting I learned a lot I learned some things about myself I came from a lot of abuse as a child my father was a sociopathic narcissist and my mother was codependent suicidal depressed and everything else at the same time. I married a cerebral narcissist that was 25 years older. it seems like I have traits of all of them but yet I've managed to still have my own ways my own personality which Wherever I Go draws a good crowd and maybe this is why my storytelling is so interesting. Anyways thats what people tell me . of course the abuse that we suffer as a child and there was much physical abuse emotional abuse by both mother and father it left me open to more later on because I was groomed at an early age , but I find this fascinating it shows me things about my own personality and how unique we all are and we are a gift , we should celebrate ourselves. if we are going to tell a story we should make it as interesting as we possibly could and stay with the facts tell the truth . THIS WAS VERY INTERESTING & THANKS .
Is there a personality disorder where you obsessively regret and dwell over past events and decisions? Depression?
anxiety
Bordeline
@@hjerneStimulanz 👏
Some people with OCD act like that.
idk wtf these ppl are talking ab with borderline and ocd...... if it was a traumatic experience then it may be ptsd
People in the comment section need to know, the symptoms don't have to be over the top. It can be subtle little details you notice.
Sometimes in a new social situation I will dominate the conversation or just talk more than I really want to. If there is a lull in the conversation I will talk. At the end of the day I will feel ashamed of my over talking and try not to do it again but it’s very difficult! Does this sound like I’m histrionic?
Yep
No that just sounds like you are talkative.
I'm dating a guy that seem to have these traits, but often women are diagnosed more than men with histrionic, I need more info about men 😊 thanks
I can't believe how many different types of personality disorders exist.
I think my long time "friend" is this, but was misdiagnosed twice. She's always lying and as many said "one uping" me. I'd state what I like or want and she'd go for it first. How can I help her stop hurting my relationship with the first guy I ever fell for?
I'm here cause someone said this about Andrew Caldwell.
i have all the symptoms and relate to everything about this disorder i want to change if this is what i have
Since they are so " egocentric ", is it possible for them to think and believe they are always right and the victim of a cruel world ?
I’ve encountered this issue with one
My mother has historionic somatic covert narcissist personality disorder
I wonder if Histrionic personality disorder often comorbids (is that the right use of that word, my native tongue is not english) with any other personality disorders or other disorders?
I think I have this disorder.
It would be great if you could tell us more about why more woman are diagnosed with this disorder than man?
Seems like HPD has essences of narcissism and other borderline personality disorders...
and anti social
Divas are rarely anti-social. They need that audience to be the center of attention.
My sister is def has HPD and is now anti-social because of it, it can make you so uncomfortable to be misunderstood and called dramatic, after awhile you can go in a shell forever and just use substances to make up for what you are missing outside.
This weirdly sounds a lot like my SIL. 😬
I help run a youth group that supports young people with depression and anxiety (although all are welcome). A girl has just joined who I could tell from the beginning was a compulsive liar and fits all the categories for HPD. She is incredibly tiring to deal with and makes it more difficult for others in the group (especially those with social anxiety). Any advice for how to deal with this? Particularly from people with HPD as I don’t want to upset or offend her.
Is it possible to have traits of 2 or more personality disorders?? I know some1 who displays 70-80% of what's described here, but also shows signs of NPD
Right
My sister.
Its very important to observe the behavior of a person and communication style as its clearly explained in this video about Personality disorder- Thanks a lot for the info
Sounds like me
*Trisha.*
Narcissism lite but they are still narcissistic
So basically everyone's ex girlfriend
Men and women with histrionic personality face excessive emotion, so they have the tendency to look at things in an emotional manner. Also, patients with this disorder are characterized as impressive people, full of life and energy, and are highlighted by their charm, enthusiasm and openness, by the developed ability to flirt.
So many gay men come into my mind...
Rihanna?