Hi, I am just coming out of a very enmeshed friendship with someone I now very, very strongly suspect has HPD. However, I am confused about the "fake emotions" part of the diagnosis. I am not exactly sure I was seeing this, unless being fakely "nurturing" and maternal counts. She never acted fakely happy, that I know of, or fakely sad. Does this mean I am barking up the wrong tree with the diagnosis? Does anyone have other examples of how this kind of thing can manifest itself? She was pretty much happy all the time, or would cover up her sadness, for sure, but never seemed to make up emotions to match specific situations. I definitely can't recall any fabricated negative emotions.

I'm just trying to make sense of what was definitely the most bizarre and twisted experience of my life, and want to get a better idea of whether or not I could really have been dealing with HPD or if it was something else.

Thanks!