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Originally Posted by MsLady
Is this what Histrionic Personality Disorder looks like? I'm not at all labeling you. I'm trying to understand this dx better myself, and due to a family member.. and reading this post made me wonder. Worth a peek?
I'm wondering, because of your anxieties and introvert personality, seeking this level of attention in real life is scary. So naturally, creating a pretend world to get this attention, makes sense to me.
Does schizophrenia or other personality disorders run in your family?
I'm also wondering what your childhood was like. Did you often feel you were ignored or neglected? Were you a "middle child"? Do you know where this behaviour stems from?
I think it's common to have fantasies and I don't think it's a negative, either. Your concerns of it potentially leading into this gray area is a valid one.
Have you seen a counselor about this? You'd warrant her attention..?
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I’ve never been diagnosed with histrionic personality disorder, I guess it’s not out of the question though.
Schizophrenia does not run in my family. I was worried about it, because the habit of imagining being seen has gone so far, that I do it subconsciously. I do a basic task and suddenly my mind is like: “The person who is watching you now thinks you’re weird.” I try to stop it, I tell my self that there is obviously none watching me and I need to stop imagining it, but I always slip back to it.
I’m actually an only child of a single mother. She gave me whole lot of attention when I was a child. A little too much actually.
I used to be bullied at school though and I didn’t have many friends as a kid.