Histrionic Personality Disorder
Histrionic Personality Disorder
Aleyshka Vigil
PSY 2012
01/0 7/13
Professor Shaw
Histrionic Personality Disorder This paper will describe Histrionic Personality Disorder. When one usually thinks of mental illness Clinical Depression, Bipolar Disorder or maybe even Schizophrenia comes to mind, but Histrionic Personality Disorder is not commonly used today in respect to mental illness. This may be due to the probability that the illness itself mimics others disorders and to use this diagnosis alone just may be doing an injustice to the patient as well as well-meaning clinicians who are trying to narrow down disorders in order to better treat it.
Describing Histrionic Personality Disorder According to Psychology Today (2012) personality disorders, though, are rigid, inflexible and maladaptive, causing impairment in functioning or internal distress. A personality disorder is an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual 's culture, is pervasive and inflexible, has an onset in adolescence or early adulthood, is stable over time and leads to distress or impairment. Most people may suggest that your personality derives from your parents, your genetic link to your ancestors, and yes that is true. This type of personality disorder can have extreme levels and anything that excessive can have an adverse affect on the individuals with Histrionic as well as others in its path. Individuals with Histrionic Personality Disorder exhibit excessive emotionalism--a tendency to regard things in an emotional manner--and are attention seekers. People with this disorder are uncomfortable or feel unappreciated when they are not the center of attention. Behaviors may include constant seeking of approval or attention, self-dramatization, theatricality, and striking self-centeredness or sexual seductiveness in
Aleyshka Vigil
PSY 2012
01/0 7/13
Professor Shaw
Histrionic Personality Disorder This paper will describe Histrionic Personality Disorder. When one usually thinks of mental illness Clinical Depression, Bipolar Disorder or maybe even Schizophrenia comes to mind, but Histrionic Personality Disorder is not commonly used today in respect to mental illness. This may be due to the probability that the illness itself mimics others disorders and to use this diagnosis alone just may be doing an injustice to the patient as well as well-meaning clinicians who are trying to narrow down disorders in order to better treat it.
Describing Histrionic Personality Disorder According to Psychology Today (2012) personality disorders, though, are rigid, inflexible and maladaptive, causing impairment in functioning or internal distress. A personality disorder is an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual 's culture, is pervasive and inflexible, has an onset in adolescence or early adulthood, is stable over time and leads to distress or impairment. Most people may suggest that your personality derives from your parents, your genetic link to your ancestors, and yes that is true. This type of personality disorder can have extreme levels and anything that excessive can have an adverse affect on the individuals with Histrionic as well as others in its path. Individuals with Histrionic Personality Disorder exhibit excessive emotionalism--a tendency to regard things in an emotional manner--and are attention seekers. People with this disorder are uncomfortable or feel unappreciated when they are not the center of attention. Behaviors may include constant seeking of approval or attention, self-dramatization, theatricality, and striking self-centeredness or sexual seductiveness in
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