Histrionic Personality Disorder. Histrionic Personality Disorder. Histrionic Personality Disorder. It has a Name. The person I grew into and spent a lifetime trying to understand, is not the only one. There are other people like me, and there are reasons why I developed as I did. This is a comfort, and in a strange way assures me that I am not bad or mad, or even as different as I feared myself to be.

A year or so of therapy has helped me to gain awareness of myself, the things that trigger my disordered thinking, the ways I can improve myself and strive to be a better person. I spent some time in denial of my disorder, thinking that this couldn't be me, that there had to be some sort of diagnostic mistake, but finally admitting to myself that I fit into every symptom has empowered me to seek changes.

I will never be cured of this disorder, but I can learn to control the illness and manage it, just as I would if I had diabetes or asthma. The tools I use that I learned from CBT techniques are my medicine. If I forget to take my medicine, I will have a bad day, but it is not the end of the world, for tomorrow will be fresh and new, and I can choose to be healthy.

Thanks for all you've shared.