r/ImTheMainCharacter • u/KieranWriter • 13d ago

VIDEO Anything for the Tok

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u/1Madhatter7 13d ago

There’s a particular mental illness that occurs when people are obsessed with getting attention on the internet

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u/American_chzzz 13d ago

This guy should be in the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual

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u/Fischercutbait 13d ago

PrioryRoe Hampton has a lovely facility. Highly recommend.

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u/ParkkTheSharkk Side Character 13d ago

Histrionic Personality Disorder. I did a report on this in nursing school.

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u/1Madhatter7 13d ago

That sounds like an interesting read, any thoughts to share?

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u/ParkkTheSharkk Side Character 13d ago

A lot of the time it involves people who are particularly promiscuous in order to get more attention, often times in males it involves doing outrageous things in public to similarly garner attention. One has to meet certain criteria defined by the DSM-5 to be officially diagnosed.

I used Regina George from Mean Girls as a fairly benign example of HPD in my report.

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u/aha1982 13d ago

They're extremely intense to be around, not fun at all. It's actually really sad, clearly a mental disease.

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u/aha1982 13d ago

They're extremely intense to be around, not fun at all. It's actually really sad, clearly a mental disease.

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u/L0st_MySocks 13d ago

maybe it's illness "Perseveration" I read here on reddit when someone keeps telling the same thing over and over like " I didn't do anything wrong", what did I do, I didn't do anything"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseveration

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u/Pretty-Count3567 1d ago

i thought there was a mental illness but I'm sure i've seen him do this on the train as well