Hi Fr4nz83

Thank you for linking that article. I actually read the whole thing yesterday, because I saw you had linked it on another thread. Fascinating article.
I've been doing some other googling since I posted and it does seem that Hysteria was the old word for HPD...or maybe its better to say, it was a previously used diagnostic label for disorders which would later be labelled as HPD. Although it could also apply to other somatic disorders? Its kind of confusing. So now I wonder if there is also some modern/current link between somatic/conversion disorders and HPD?
I know somebody who was diagnosed with Hysteria in the 70s, spent some time institutionalized. She does have a very HPD feel to her. She's preoccupied with her appearance and can act very seductive, flirtatious, at all times, even when its not appropriate. has some problems with intimacy and relationships. in other ways as well, definitely an HPD 'esque feel to her. So I wondered if the hysteria dx was an archaic HPD dx.
And according to that article, it seems there is in fact a link between these. Although not every HPD will have somatic sx or vice versa, but overlap is common, I guess.