What should a person do when their best friend seems to always be overly dramatic?

Question

One of my friends hooked up with this guy at the beginning of the school year and broke up about 4 months ago. Between now and 4 months ago, her ex got a new girlfriend so she was kind of upset. So it has been 4 months and everytime we mention her ex's name, she will not talk to us and then eventually blurt out how much she hates him. I know there are some problems going on with her family but that happened, like, last November. My friends and I are really beginning to get sick of it. I know taht as a friend, we should be there for her and we want to, but we don't want her constantly getting these irritating mood swings. We really want to tell her that we are bugged by all of this but we are too scared to tell her because then she won't talk to us and will start thinking up these thoughts to hurt us because she would be so mad. So can you tell me what to do before I go crazy????

Answer 1

ignore her
drama queen feed on a audience
they more you listen
the more she'll play to the group
it's better for her to learn to keep her emotions in check, not to value negatives ( like she does ) and that only the positive matters, once she adopts that attitude she will be a better person to be around
you as a group must have the chutzpah to pull it off, but most wil feel guilty of hurting someone feelings ( don't )

Answer 2

do not react to her drama!! When she can;t get a response or reaction from her audience she will cease to act that way...everytime she dramatize something just change the subject....you suppose to be her friend not fan....if she want fans she can enroll in drama class......

Answer 3

Buy her the T-Shirt "Drama Queen"

Answer 4

tell her to chill out or you and your friends are out. don't you see she wants all the attention

Answer 5

if ytou a real friend tell them to stop the b****ing