histrionic sister

peanut Joined: May 8, '10 Status: New User	2010-05-08 05:19:03
	i just found this site today.i hope no one gets offended by my post.please-that is not my intention in the least.i have a 40 something sister that is histrionic.she has made our whole families life a living hell through the years.she manipulates,lies,comes on to men(preference for married men)runs to relatives and others making up stories about the family,has rages and "adult temper tantrums",is obsessed with her body and what she looks like.she'll put on tight clothes then stand in front of one of us-her sisters and rub her hands all over herself.she has caused so many family problems.she has basically alienated my parents,especially my mother,from us three other girls.it's all about her,her her,what she can get and what she wants off of people.she has even alienated aunts and uncles from me and my sisters because she lies.her life is one big lie.she even lies to god(yeah,i know that's a good one)if my mom tries to have conversation with us other girls she runs right over and takes over.she will go into rages over nothing,just to be the center of attention.what is this disorder?what treatments work-meds and such?how do you convince someone they need treatment?she really doesn't have any close relationships,just superficial ones.none of us sisters really even talk to her.you can't,you get dragged into their world of make believe.life as absolutely been a living hell with her.and it didn't help that my parents gave in to her every whim so they didn't have to hear hher rage,for she's been doing this since about three yrs. old,but it got much worse as a teen.much much worse as an adult.now she might be perimenopause and be getting set off by hormones.help.
Cindy Joined: Mar 22, '10 Status: Senior User	2010-05-08 18:38:54
	My suggestion? Pray for her. It is her problem and therefore, she has to ask for the help, and see a therapist. You can only pray for God's intervention, if this makes sense.
GlendaD Joined: May 13, '10 Status: New User	2010-05-13 20:30:00
	Cindy when I first read your repsonse I thought to myself, wow, likes that is going to do anyone any good. That was about 5 hours ago. Then I opened a letter from my 19 year old daughter who is currently in jail on a felony charge. I have been holding onto this letter for a couple of days and something told me to open it. She has never been diagnosed professionaly with histrionic disorder, but all of my research since her arrest 3 weeks ago keeps pointing to this. The letter to my surprise was my "old" daughter. She wasn't denying or blaming anyone for what had happened and admitted that forgiveness was something that would take a very long time if ever to achieve, but that she had decided that with or without me or her family she was going to ask God to help her fix the mess she made. Now I am well aware that this could very well be another ploy or set up and I am also aware of "jailhouse" religion, but for the first time in her life she admitted to me in this letter that when I had told her all of her life that everything happened for a reason that I was right, and that even her current situation had a purpose, I had a small glimmer of hope that one day she could find a way to live a healthy happy life.
mbbaby12 Joined: May 14, '10 Status: New User	2010-05-14 13:36:04
	OMG! this is my sister! it was only me and her growing up. she was the youngest. but since she was growing up with adhd mom babied her. especially after dad died. she was 4 and i was 6. then everything she did was blamed on adhd. i tried telling mom that adhd has nothing to do with it, that she has something wrong with her. she lies uncontrollably, she's always doing her hair. she's obsessed with it. and she manipulates others so that she can get whatever she wants. she's not graduating high school this year, she'll be 18 in november. yet mom let her go to prom. she told this girl that she was gonna buy her prom dress, wore it to her prom, and is now going to give it back to her! then, the other day i found out that she slept with a guy in MY bed?! she's only known him about a week! this is the 7th person she's been with in 2 years. i seriously think something is wrong with her. either hpd or npd or both. i just dont know anymore. mom doesn't wanna do anything cause she's afraid her baby will be mad at her. so she gives her whatever she wants. she gets to do whatever she wants. if mom wants her to do something, she tells mom to shut up! i would have gotten backhanded if i EVER said those words to mom. but she sits there and takes it. i dont see how she yells and screams and my mom and aunt fall to their knees and give her whatever she wants. is there any treatment for her?
felicienneR Joined: Aug 18, '10 Status: New User	2010-08-18 21:21:32
	confused I took a test on this website for fun a few weeks ago and I got high on all of them except 4 but one of them I got a very high which is the histrionic one. So I did more reading on this disorder and sometimes I feel like the symptons fit me and then I can feel the complete opposite at times. I'm not sure if I'm just making this up in my head or not . If I am I have no idea what to do, should I tell my parents even though they probably wouldn't help me or think Im making it up. Please help me I'm very confused, lost, and have no idea what to do.
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