Yes, just like someone can have both Diabetes and high blood pressure, a person can have more than one mental disorder.
Also, those 2 disorders are in the same cluster (cluster B), and having one cluster B disorder puts a person at a higher risk than average for having traits of another cluster B disorder.
The behaviors associated with people diagnosed with histrionic personality disorder are similar to other mental disorders. Common behaviors are attention seeking, dressing and acting promiscuously, rapid behavior change, and rash/impulsive decision making.
histrionic personality disorder
Yes, it is possible for someone with Histrionic Personality Disorder to have a fear of sexual contact. The fear may stem from underlying issues related to intimacy, self-esteem, or past traumatic experiences. Individuals with personality disorders can have complex and varied symptoms that may include conflicting attitudes towards sexual behavior.
Histrionic males are rare. The differences between the Histrionic Personality Disorder and soamtic narcissism are subtle.
Histrionic refers to overly dramatic or attention-seeking behavior typically characterized by an exaggerated display of emotions to gain attention or sympathy. In psychology, it can also refer to a personality disorder marked by excessive emotionality and attention-seeking behavior.
Histrionic personality disorder sufferers tend to exaggerate things, act in a dramatic fashion, and can be prone to excessive shows of sentimentality, anger, sadness, and happiness verging on mania. They can use this to manipulate people. The "drama queen" archetype applies.
Possibly narcissistic personality disorder. Possibly sociopathic personality disorder.
When a person has a need for a lot of attention it is called narcissistic personality disorder. When the need for attention is excessive it is called histrionic personality disorder.
Psychopathy, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Asocial Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder are probably the closest. Some sources do not differentiate among some of these and sociopathy.
Histrionic personality disorder involves attention-seeking behavior, emotional volatility, and a desire to be the center of attention. Avoidant personality disorder involves feelings of inadequacy, low self-esteem, and avoidance of social interaction due to fear of criticism or rejection. Histrionic individuals seek attention while avoidant individuals avoid it.
Histrionic personality disorder is characterized by attention-seeking behavior and rapidly shifting emotions, but it does not typically involve erotomania, which is a specific type of delusional belief that someone is in love with a person who does not reciprocate. If someone with histrionic personality disorder were to develop erotomania towards their therapist, it would be a unique and individual occurrence rather than a symptom of the disorder itself.
* Antisocial personality disorder - Psychopaths/sociopaths * Narcissistic personality disorder * Histrionic personality disorder * Schizoid personality disorder * Borderline personality disorder These all have some of the symptoms of sociopaths, there may be more but these are the ones that I currently know of. This is a good reference site: http://www.crescentlife.com/disorders/personality_disorders.htm