Many of us Baby Boomers may have gone through our lives without even hearing about histrionic personality disorder. The reason is that it not easily identifiable and even when recognized may just be seen as a personality trait, (i.e., a drama queen) rather than a disorder. There is, however, a difference between a personality trait and a disorder. According to the American Psychiatric Associations Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, (DSM-IV) Disorders tend to impede ‘normal’ functioning and require professional help in order to change.
Know the Sympotoms of Histrionic Personality Disorder.Would you like to share a comment about this article with us at BoomerYearbook.com? Please do, we’d love to hear it.
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3 comments:
Oh noooo!!! I might have this problem. Haha. It struck me with the line: "can cause persons to have trouble maintaining any kind of intimate relationship. They develop friendships quickly and often see more ‘connection’ in a relationship than might the other person."
Perhaps Dr. Turner can help you dethroned_p'cess, check her site out, it's full of great self-help articles.
Perhaps Dr. Turner can help you with that. Check her site, it has loads of self-help articles you might want to read!
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