Today I'm going to talk to you about histrionic personality disorder.
What the heck does that mean?
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Now, like I said, we're gonna talk about Histrionic Personality Disorder.
Which I'll try not to have to say too many times because
It's really hard to say.
So, without further ado, I have my handy dandy DSM-5,
And, I'm going to talk about the diagnostic criteria
So I'm just gonna read to you the basic description of what
Histrionic personality disorder is.
And then I'm gonna read the criteria.
So, the basic description of Histrionic Personality Disorder is
A pervasive pattern of excessive, emotionality and attention seeking
Beginning by early adulthood and present in a
Variety of contexts as indicated by 5 or more of the following:
So, pretty much what it's saying is that
this isn't something that could only happen in one context, like
With your boyfriend or girlfriend,
or only at work, or only at school,
This is something that kind of, is, a pervasive pattern
It happens across all parts of your life.
And the first diagnostic criteria is:
It says: it is uncomfortable in situations in which he or she
is not the center of attention.
So these people like to be the center of attention,
And if they find themselves, let's say, at a social gathering,
Where they're not, they will be very dramatic.
They may, make up stories,
They'll be really, uh, like use their hands, and
be really emotive, to try to gain attention.
Now, the second criteria, is
Interaction with others is often characterized,
By inappropriate, sexually seductive, or provocative behavior.
When I was taking my licensing exams,
Something that I always had a "red flag" on was, is
the client coming in wearing provocative clothing.
And being sexually suggestive, like touching in inappropriate manners.
Things like that, that would be a clue to me that
Histrionic Personality Disorder is one of the potential diagnoses.
So, that's what number 2 is talking about.
Number 3 is: displays rapidly, shifting and shallow expressions of emotions.
Now, the main reason for this, is because, often times
We're trying to gain people's attention,
And we're trying to get all of these people to pay attention to us,
We're not really in touch with how we feel.
We're actually way too in tuned with what everybody else feels,
and they're reaction to us, so
Often times these people struggle to actually know how they're feeling,
And that's why they talk shallowly, they're just trying to gain as many
kind of "followers" or people to pay attention.
So, they'll talk in that kind of quickly shifting and shallow manner.
Now, diagnostic criteria number 4,
Consistently uses physical appearance to draw
attention to one's self.
So, like I said, they may dress really provocatively,
They may dress in really bold, colors, when
everybody else is supposed to be wearing black.
Like some people show up to a funeral wearing yellow
Or something, just to stand out.
Because they want attention, or
they may do something, wear a really ridiculous hat or shoes
or anything to get people to notice them.
They like to be noticed.
Diagnostic criteria, um, number 5:
has a style of speech that is excessively impressionistic
and lacking in detail.
Now I feel like this is very similar to the other one,
When I said it's a very shallow, and not attached to emotions,
but this is saying
that, they're really impressionistic, so
somebody may make a suggestion when they're talking to them,
they'll be like "Yea yea yea yea yea," and they'll tie into it,
They don't have a, I always think of it as,
they don't have a real, solid sense of self.
Because they worry so much about getting attention from others.
So, they don't really talk in a lot of detail, they just talk dramatically,
They try to get you excited, and involved
And like, you know, interacting with them, and paying attention to them.
I hope that makes sense.
I know, it's kind of hard to follow.
I promise it will make sense in the end.
Now, Number 6:
shows self dramatization, theatricality, and exaggerated expression of emotion.
Just like I was talking, anything to get them to be noticed.
So, they may talk really loud, and they may express with their hands,
and they may jump, or they may bang on something
just to make noise so that people will turn and look
and wonder what they're talking about
and "oo, they must have a good story to tell,"
or something like that, so, anything to get attention.
Number 7 is: suggestible.
You know, they're easily influence by others,
and that's because they want their attention,
and they want them to pay attention, feel involved,
and invested in the conversation,
and, they'll do anything to get that.
Now the last criteria: they consider relationships to be more intimate than they actually are.
Often times these people will think
that they are "best friends" with someone that they've only met casually twice.
And if you ask the other person, they would say
"Oh, I think I know who that is... but is it.."
So, and they won't really remember, but
to the person with histrionic personality disorder, they will think that they're very close.
Now, with any personality disorder,
If you are concerned that you may struggle with this,
or if you've been diagnosed before but you never fully understood,
We need to seek professional help.
We need to ask questions to those who diagnose us
because it's our life, it's our diagnosis,
and, we need to understand it to we can better get the help that we need
And just like anything that we struggle with,
Getting the right help and support
Could help us better manage the symptoms
So if this is something that we struggle with and we find ourselves
Being really dramatic, and loud at a party,
Having that awareness can really help us think to ourselves,
"You know I think I'm having a moment,"
"I think I'm just trying to gain attention"
"I'm gonna go to the bathroom, I'm gonna regroup,"
"And I'm gonna come back out."
There are a lot of things we can do to help ourselves.
Now just because you've been diagnosed with something
Does not make you a bad person *ding*
At all.
We're all working together, right?
We've come here to work together towards a healthy mind, and a healthy body.
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