Assumed Intimacy With Others Histrionic Personality Disorder’s (HPD) Assumed Intimacy With Others sorta reminds me of Borderline Personality Disorder’s (BPD) Favourite Person, but it is very different. BPD’s favourite person is someone I feel I cannot live without, typically putting this person on a pedestal and expecting them to always be available as a source…
Tag: Histrionic Personality Disorder
Living With Histrionic Personality Disorder – Shallow, Changeable Emotions
Shallow, Changeable Emotions What does it mean to have shallow, changeable emotions? Basically, it is to be quick to anger or tears, but not a lot of complex emotions underneath. The emotions seem immature and superficial. I know how this feels. Describing it is the challenge. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a flooding of a…
Living With Histrionic Personality Disorder – Introduction & Symptoms & Diagnostic Criteria
Books About HPD Are Scarce There seems to very few books published specifically about Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD). When I search on the internet for HPD books, the selection quickly transitions to personality disorders and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Hopefully, as I develop this series on what living with HPD is like, I can be…
Another Layer
Stigma & Shame For years I have struggled with mental health and alcohol addiction and the stigma and shame of both. I wonder how many people like myself stayed away from 12-Step rooms or tried the 12-Step way but just couldn’t admit to themselves they are alcoholic and started drinking again because of the stigma…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Coping With The Inner Critic
That Inner Critic Everyone has an Inner Critic. What does my Inner Critic say? She says things like: People are mad at you. People do not like you. I am in trouble. I have done something wrong. Other people are right and I am wrong – I must defer. I must defer to those who…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Gratitude For A Wild & Crazy Life
If I Could Go Back and Do My Life Over Again… Would I? I think most adults have either had this thought or been asked this question. Recently, while eating my morning snack in the staff room, a teacher asked me if I would go back and do my life over again. I started to…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder – Amber Heard VS Johnny Depp
Anger From The Amber Heard & Johnny Depp Mudslinging Trial I can’t even really type this without filling with anger. All I know is that, according to the news, Johnny Depp hired a psychiatrist to determine Amber Heard’s state of mind – her state of mind being she has Borderline Personality Disorder and Histrionic Personality…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – The Pros and Cons of Medical THC & CBD
Open License to Find My Own Dosage In the spring of 2020, while living in British Columbia, I began taking medically prescribed CBD for anxiety. I had open license – at a significant financial cost as medically prescribed THC and CBD is not covered under my insurance plan – to legally buy high quality THC…