Histrionic Personality (HPD)
DSM-5-TR: 301.5 ICD-10: F60.4Histrionic Personality has long been thought of as a female disorder…but it’s not! In this series, we dive into the horrific history of hysteria and histrionic before looking at the DSM criteria. We also give our psychoanalysis of the condition, discuss the 6 subtypes, and compare it to other diagnoses like Borderline Personality (BPD). We conclude the series by discussing how histrionic and schizoid are opposites that attract one another!
Ep 65: Histrionic vs Borderline Personality: Our Deep Dive
🎬In this episode of the Personality Couch Podcast, we (licensed clinical psychologists Doc Bok and Doc Fish) explore the confusing and speckled history distinguishing histrionic and borderline personality disorders, clarifying their differences and overlaps. We delve into DSM criteria, psychodynamic, and Millon’s perspectives to untangle these often confused diagnoses.
Doc Bok
Doc Fish
Histrionic vs. Borderline
Per usual, there is confusion amid the understanding of histrionic and borderline personality disorders. They both share traits like attention-seeking and shifting emotions, but they are also different…or are they? 🤔 Let’s explore the similarities and differences between histrionic and borderline!
Doc Fish
Ep 64: The Schizoid Histrionic Romance
🎬In this episode of the Personality Couch Podcast, we (licensed clinical psychologists Doc Bok and Doc Fish) explore the intriguing dynamics between schizoid and histrionic personalities, focusing on their attraction, shared trauma, familial gender dynamics, and hypersensitivity. We explore how these opposites attract romantically, and how at healthy levels, they can meet each other’s unspoken needs.
Doc Bok
Doc Fish
The Schizoid & Histrionic Romance
Do opposites really attract? For schizoid personalities and histrionic personalities, it seems this may be the case. Join me as I explore the dance between these two opposite personalities.
Doc Fish
Ep 63: The 6 Histrionic Subtypes Explained
🎬In this episode of the Personality Couch Podcast, we (licensed clinical psychologists Doc Bok and Doc Fish) explore the 6 subtypes of histrionic personality, highlighting their behaviors, underlying motivations, and how they manifest in social and personal contexts. We start by investigating the mild category: the gregariously sociable with narcissistic features, and the appeasingly sociable with dependent and compulsive features. At the moderate level, we discuss the theatrically pleasuring subtype with masochistic features and the infantile pleasuring subtype with borderline features. We end by comparing and contrasting the two disorder level subtypes: the disingenuous histrionic with antisocial features and the tempestuous histrionic with negativistic and borderline features.
Doc Bok
Doc Fish
Histrionic Personality Subtypes (Millon)
What happens when the histrionic attention-seeking and emotional extremes mix with other personalities? The combinations and are vast and ever so colorful! Join me as I dive into Millon’s 6 histrionic personality subtypes!
Doc Fish
Ep 62: Histrionic Personality | Our Psychodynamic Deep Dive
🎬In this episode of the Personality Couch Podcast, we (licensed clinical psychologists Doc Bok and Doc Fish) explore the complex psychological and societal factors contributing to histrionic personality disorder, focusing on gender dynamics, childhood development, and cultural influences. We specifically explore the histrionic’s fear of overstimulation internally; how they seek out professions that have a stage; and how they view the self and their own gender as defective. We look at their defense mechanisms in depth, including: repression, conversion, sexualization, acting out, regression, and dissociation. We end the episode by positing the new wave of gender and sexual fluidity and non-conformity may be a new expression of the histrionic character.
Doc Bok
Doc Fish
Histrionic Personality Disorder - A Psychodynamic Perspective
Histrionic personality disorder is much deeper than the DSM captures. Join me as I explore dynamics such as childhood, penis envy, gender, power, and defense mechanisms in this unfairly stigmatized personality.
Doc Fish
Ep 61: Histrionic Personality Disorder | The 8 DSM Criteria
🎬In this episode of the Personality Couch Podcast, we (licensed clinical psychologists Doc Bok and Doc Fish) explore the 8 criteria of histrionic personality disorder in the DSM. We discuss their tendency to engage in attention-seeking and seductive behaviors, coming across as emotionally shallow. Histrionic personalities also focus heavily on their appearance and use fluffy, impressionistic speech. Others perceive them as dramatic and suggestible - easily believing what others say regardless of the facts. They also tend to overestimate their connections to others, believing relationships are deeper than they actually are.
Doc Bok
Doc Fish
Histrionic Personality Disorder (F60.4) Diagnostic Criteria
What does it really take to diagnose Histrionic Personality Disorder? Let’s uncover the key symptoms clinicians look for and explore the DSM-5-TR criteria that makes up this often-misunderstood condition.
Doc Fish