excessively dramatic, attention loving
someone with Histrionic Personality Disorder fits five or more of the following:
1. is uncomfortable in situations in which he or she is not the center of attention
2. interaction with others is often characterized by inappropriate sexually seductive or provocative behavior
3. displays rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotions
4. consistently uses physical appearance to draw attention to self
5. has a style of speech that is excessively impressionistic and lacking in detail
6. shows self-dramatization, theatricality, and exaggerated expression of emotion
7. is suggestible, i.e., easily influenced by others or circumstances
8. considers relationships to be more intimate than they actually are
someone with Histrionic Personality Disorder fits five or more of the following:
1. is uncomfortable in situations in which he or she is not the center of attention
2. interaction with others is often characterized by inappropriate sexually seductive or provocative behavior
3. displays rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotions
4. consistently uses physical appearance to draw attention to self
5. has a style of speech that is excessively impressionistic and lacking in detail
6. shows self-dramatization, theatricality, and exaggerated expression of emotion
7. is suggestible, i.e., easily influenced by others or circumstances
8. considers relationships to be more intimate than they actually are
by random shrink July 21, 2006
Can be used to describe 70% of the teen population and also the middle to high class parts of society.
70% of everyone at school is histrionic.
Those upper class desk job workers always feel like they need to be the "beacon of light" and are heavily inspired by their bosses and friends.
Those upper class desk job workers always feel like they need to be the "beacon of light" and are heavily inspired by their bosses and friends.
by HumanExcretemen October 8, 2007
1 An awesome song and album from the band, "The Higher"
2 An exaggerated dramatic behavior designed to attract attention
2 An exaggerated dramatic behavior designed to attract attention
"One check, one love, How many times can we watch him crumble? Histrionics repeats itself all over again" - The Higher
by -rawr,rachel November 20, 2008
"Dude Sarah is still mad at me for beating her up after like 10 days. She knows I have ADHD, a recognized medical disorder. She's being super histrionic right now."
by Pooperscooper192737 November 13, 2020
Histrionic personality disorder is characterized by a long-standing pattern of attention seeking behavior and extreme emotionality. Someone with histrionic personality disorder wants to be the center of attention in any group of people, and feel uncomfortable when they are not.While often lively, interesting and sometimes dramatic, they have difficulty when people aren’t focused exclusively on them. People with this disorder may be perceived as being shallow, and may engage in sexually seductive or provocative behavior to draw attention to themselves.
Veronica has a history of histrionic personality disorder since she likes to state people are wanting to have am affair with her. She also has a history of being a pathological liar.
by TheBluntOne June 24, 2017
The chaotic and aggressive dysregulation that occurs when some adult males are asked to comply with a very simple mask-wearing policy.
"Some meat-head wigged out at the bank when they asked him to wear a mask; I'm so sick of their macho-histrionics."
by N.E. Ologism December 28, 2022
An American citizen who continuoualy displays at least 5 histrionic behaviors and is also the ex of you or one of your friends.
Hey bro who is that girl that dresses so slutty, and screams about spilled milked, and blames everybody else for her own incompetence and always acts like a victim when you're around but always comes onto me to fuck whenever you're not around?
Yeah bro, I can't get rid of her... that's my american histrionic ex, not to be confused with my Mexican histrionic ex, I just had her deported.
Yeah bro, I can't get rid of her... that's my american histrionic ex, not to be confused with my Mexican histrionic ex, I just had her deported.
by Ranchgirls September 30, 2020