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histrionize 

When someone histrionizes, they seek out attention in a do-or-die way, as if being without external attention will lead to their own death. Histrionizing behaviour is usually found in those with Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD) or in women who've grown up without an effective masculine figure. Histrionizing is often accompanied by perceptions that relationships are closer than they are.
she histrionized me
histrionize by Bobbystrurrew May 26, 2023
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histrionic personality 

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.

histrionic

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
"She'll do anything for attention."
"Yeah, she's histrionic like that."
histrionic by random shrink July 21, 2006

American Histrionic EX 

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.
American Histrionic EX by Ranchgirls September 29, 2020

histrionic personality disorder 

his-tree-on-ik · A personality disorder chiefly characterized by an insatiable and excessive desire to seek attention from others. They come off as highly sociable and extroverted and present themselves in an overly dramatic flirtatious manner. They become easily upset and resentful when they're not the center of attention.
Brad: Yo dude that hot chick over there is signalling me!
Chad: Be careful, that lady is known to have histrionic personality disorder. She'll sleep with any men she can find, but beware of her fits when you don't give her the attention she craves, which is virtually insatiable. Hence why everyone is ignoring her.

histrionic

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.
histrionic by HumanExcretemen October 23, 2007

Histrionics 

1] An awesome song and album from the band, "The Higher"

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
Histrionics by -rawr,rachel April 1, 2009
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