Histrionic personality
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[Histrionic personality] disorder is characterized by a long-standing pattern of [attention seeking] behavior and extreme [emotionality]. Someone with [histrionic personality] disorder wants to be the center of attention in any group of people, and feel uncomfortable when they are not.While often lively, interesting and sometimes dramatic, they have difficulty when people aren’t focused exclusively on them. People with this disorder may be perceived as being shallow, and may engage in sexually seductive or provocative behavior to draw attention to themselves.
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