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How To Treat Histrionic Personality Disorder?

I am living with a person with Histrionic Personality Disorder, please help me with ways I can deal with her provocative behaviour in the home I live in such as asking me to do up her dress zip, rub my finger down her back when she is sewing a dress to make sure th seam is straight, feeding me a tester of her ice cream on a tea spoon that I didn't ask for. This behaviour goes on at least once a week. I am only her female flatmate not her partner. How do I say no to her without her erupting as she wants attention and can get very upset if you disappoint her.
Mon, 28 Apr 2014
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Hello,
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
Histrionic personality disorder should be treated. It can be treated with analactic behavioural therapy and its a modification of the traditional psychotherapies. It focuses on day to day , here and now, problem solving approach. Visit your psychologist with your wife and discuss the issues.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy
                                        
Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
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How To Treat Histrionic Personality Disorder?

Hello, Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query. I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through. Histrionic personality disorder should be treated. It can be treated with analactic behavioural therapy and its a modification of the traditional psychotherapies. It focuses on day to day , here and now, problem solving approach. Visit your psychologist with your wife and discuss the issues. Hope I am able to answer your concerns. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy Wish you good health, Kind regards Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.