6 articles
HPD is the forgotten member of Cluster B, sitting next to narcissism, borderline, and antisocial. Here are the real signs of histrionic personality disorder, and why it gets mistaken for everything else.
BPD and NPD look alike from the outside (the idealise-then-devalue swing, the intensity) but the engine is opposite: one runs on fear of abandonment, the other on a hunger for admiration. Here is how to tell them apart and why it changes what you do.
Asking do I have BPD usually means the loud stereotype does not fit you. Here are the quiet borderline signs, what separates a hard week from the actual disorder, and why this is the most treatable thing on the Cluster B shelf.
A daylight-version field guide for women who suspect their husband is a covert narcissist. The 17 signs, why marriage counselling makes it worse, what going to the wall actually looks like and the part nobody tells you: you probably married someone whose pattern matches your mother's.
A daylight-version field guide to what a narcissistic mother actually does, why her daughter ends up in therapy at 33, and what going no-contact looks like minute by minute. Written by a clinically diagnosed sociopath, not a therapist.
A comprehensive guide to the four Cluster B personality disorders - Narcissistic, Antisocial, Borderline, and Histrionic. Understanding the dramatic cluster.