Six months ago she started regression therapy and the drama has exploded hundredfold. Now every Thursday night at her church community group she tearfully describes how she is discovering an ever-expanding litany of horrible abuses. Please pray for me. The truths I'm rediscovering are devastating. Notice that this personality trait is closely related to borderline personality, but is not as debilitating.
Regression therapy provides the perfect theatrical stage for the histrionic.
This is a workaholic type who is perfectionistic and driven. He tends to be overconscientious, self-sacrificing, and hardworking. In healthy balance, the obsessive-compulsive is a productive and conscientious worker. But in extreme this person becomes incapable of relaxing and is focused on pleasing others and working too much, and he or she has trouble handling emotions. Think about this for a moment.