The impact of Social Media on Histrionic Personality Disorder

Histrionic personality disorder (HPD۱) is defined by the American Psychiatric Association (APA۲) as a personality disorder and one of the group B personality disorders in DSM-V۳. People with this disorder want to be the center of attention all the time. They do anything (unnatural and strange) that others will talk about them and follow them and attract the attention of others. A person with Histrionic personality disorder behaves like a medium or a showcase, with no purpose other than to be the center of attention, to excite others, and to receive praise. This disorder occurs more in women and in adolescents. Social media (SM۴) somehow gives these people an opportunity to share content about themselves, and with that content, show off and finally be in the spotlight of others. We examine HPD in social media by researching various sources in this field, and apart from examining the impact of social media on HPD, we also explore possible ways in which social media can be disruptive to people with HPD.

کلیدواژه ها:

Histrionic personality disorder ، Social media ، Attention-seeking ، Histrionically activity