Evaluating the Pros and Cons of Ignoring Someone with Histrionic Personality Disorder
November 28, 2023•223 words
This article will explore the advantages and disadvantages of ignoring someone with Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD) while providing insights into how to navigate relationships with individuals who exhibit histrionic attention-seeking behavior.
Introduction
If you have someone in your life who constantly seeks attention and is excessively emotional, you might be asking “How to deal with someone with a histrionic personality disorder” or “Is it better ignoring someone with a histrionic personality disorder” or even “What happens when you ignore a histrionic entirely instead of staying with them?”
When you have any type of relationship with someone who exhibits histrionic attention-seeking behavior, it is important to understand and manage your relationship carefully. Individuals with histrionic personality disorder can:
Become uncomfortable when they are not forever the center of attention
Interact with others using provocative or sexually inappropriate behavior
Display shallow emotions
Use their physical appearance to steal attention
Exaggerate or dramatize emotions
And consider personal relationships to be more intimate than they really are
Without learning to manage these relationships, you might be on the receiving end of inappropriate sexual behavior, or someone who is regularly dramatic and attention-seeking, yet believes you have an intimate relationship when you don’t.
So, does ignoring someone with histrionic personality disorder really work?
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