Histrionic
Learning about Histrionic Personality Disorder
Traits
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Always seeks attention.
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Is overly emotional or dramatic or stirs up sexual feelings to get attention.
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Speaks dramatically with strong opinions but has few facts or details to back them up.
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Is easily led by others.
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Has shallow emotions that change quickly.
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Is very concerned with physical appearance.
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Thinks relationships with others are closer than they are.
Film Examples
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A Streetcar Named Desire is a is a 1947 play written by Tennessee Williams, later adapted for film, which tells the story of a woman who displays histrionic and borderline traits, who goes to live with her codependent sister and her narcissistic husband.
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Gone With The Wind is a 1939 romantic epic starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, set in the American Civil War portraying the story of Scarlett O'Hara, a southern woman who manifests symptoms of Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD).