Cluster B: The Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD)
HPD Behavior:
The HPD behavioral style is charming, dramatic, expressive, demanding, self-indulgent...inconsiderate...easily excited, and intolerant of frustration, delay, and disappointment. The words and feelings they express appear shallow and simulated rather than real or deep.
These individuals can be quite effective in situations where a first impression is important and vague expression of ideas is preferred over precision. They are less effective where performance is measured by objective measures of competence, diligence, thoroughness, and depth. Acting, marketing, politics, and the arts are fields where individuals with HPD will do well and manage competition effectively.
The body, erotically or via illness, is often used by individuals with HPD to attract the attention of others. They will engage in inappropriately exaggerated smiles and continuous elaborate hand gestures...
Individuals with HPD...hide their true cognitive sterility and emotional poverty. HPD cognition is global, diffuse, and impressionistic; these individuals appear incapable of sustained intellectual concentration; they are distractable and suggestible. They avoid introspective thought.
...The[y] are prone to alcoholism and drug addiction and are quite adept at denying the related behaviors. They seek easy escape from pain, deny negative consequences, and fail to observe or accept responsibility for the impact of their behavior on others.
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