A person suffering from a hysterical personality disorder tries in every possible way to attract attention to himself. It doesn't matter how this goal will be achieved: with the help of bright clothes, defiant behavior or something else.
How to recognize someone with hysterical personality disorder
From early childhood, such people are distinguished by a rich imagination and a desire to imitate people from their environment, as well as characters from cartoons and films. At an older age, they are often involved in various adventures. Their behavior is characterized by theatricality and pretense. They take any, even trivial situations too seriously.
People with hysterical personality disorder overestimate their own importance. They very rarely take the opinion of others into account. In any suitable situation, they try to prove themselves, insert a replica. It doesn't matter if it will be in place or not. In a dispute, such people operate on very superficial facts, trying to seem more erudite.
They often give up on tasks that require persistence. They prefer, in general, an amateurish occupation when choosing an occupation. A new hobby, to which such a person persistently indulged yesterday, today can be postponed for "later."
Such a person falls in love very quickly and also quickly cools down. There can be many romances in adolescence. There is no propensity for long-term relationships. Exalted attachments often arise when positive qualities are attributed to a partner that he does not possess. At the same time, he is gullible and easily attached to people.
A person with hysterical personality disorder is driven by only one thing - the desire to attract as much attention to himself as possible. This is the basis of all his actions. He uses bright clothes, provocative behavior, "deep" knowledge in science and art in order to make an impression. All the attention of such a person is given only to external manifestations, therefore, inside he is empty, often even miserable and wretched.
Treatment for hysterical personality disorder
Treating someone with this condition can be challenging. First of all, a psychiatrist must have extensive experience and be a professional in his field. Almost all patients show a tendency to lie, sometimes in a pathological form. They may lie that group or one-to-one therapy has shown them a new life, and they have experienced big changes after just a few sessions. The psychiatrist must maintain a distance when dealing with such people in order to help them effectively.
If the patient realizes that he is suffering from this ailment, he is much easier to treat. A certain theatricality in behavior still remains, but in general, after therapy sessions, a person gains inner harmony and stops chasing the attention of others.
