Gender Studies. How Many Men Have Met A Woman With A Histrionic Personality Disorder?

Gender Studies : How Many Men Have Met A Woman With A Histrionic Personality Disorder

Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention-seeking, including an excessive need for approval and inappropriate seductiveness, usually beginning in early adulthood. The essential feature of histrionic personality disorder is an excessive pattern of emotionality and attention-seeking behavior. These individuals are lively, dramatic, enthusiastic, and flirtatious. They may be inappropriately sexually provocative, express strong emotions with an impressionistic style, and be easily influenced by others. Women with HPD are described as self-centered, self-indulgent, and intensely dependent on others. They are emotionally labile and cling to others in the context of immature relationships. As well, they over-identify with others; they project their own unrealistic, fantasized intentions onto people with whom they are involved. They are emotionally shallow to avoid distress and have difficulty understanding themselves or others in any depth. Selection of marital or sexual partners is often highly inappropriate. The majority of the time their partners will have symptoms of personality disorders, equal to, or far worse than their own. Women with HPD often tend to enter into abusive relationships with partners who increase the abuse as time wears on. Pathology increases with the level of intimacy in relationships, which is exactly the same for males. Women may show inappropriate and intense anger masking their internal battle between the quest for intimacy and avoiding pathology. Women with borderline tendencies often form entirely negative convictions towards the male gender and treat them like pawns as a defense mechanism concealing their own inadequacies. They may engage in self-mutilation and/or manipulative suicide threats as one aspect of general manipulative interpersonal behavior.[2] The HPD is highly reactive. If there is another major disorder present, such as delusional disorder, then emotional intensity will create anger, rage, abuse and distance in relationships. ~~~ Tacoman ~~~

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Oh yes I have met tons of them. it seems to be a very prominent problem with women any more. It seems like once a woman reaches mother in law status the disease comes out in full bloom.

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Answer 1

Wow I know alot of women and several men who fit that description! I just call it drama queen.

Answer 2

Ive met plenty.

Answer 3

I would hit it, and then forget it!

Answer 4

Im OK I tell you, YES, YES. i am

Answer 5

Oh yes I have met tons of them. it seems to be a very prominent problem with women any more. It seems like once a woman reaches mother in law status the disease comes out in full bloom.

Answer 6

Come to think of it my ex girlfriend acted just as you described it...

Answer 7

I know a man who fits this description.