Q. I am a single mom with (I believe) great looks and wa bubbly
personality. My parents are divorced. I was raised in private school all my life. I was molested by one of the elders in my church at 13 years old. The whole church thought I was lieing to this day because he is a “good guy”. I would try to eat berries of trees and asprin to die. Since I was a girl, I have senced that I would die at the age of 25 or 26. I’m 26 now. I have a 6 year old boy. I want on vacation to mexico after high school, met my baby father and lived there for three years. Left him because he was an alcoholic. I tried ODing and got sent to the hospital. I swore I would never try something like that again. Met a man who was extreamlly abusive and threatened to kill me if I left him. I finnally left him after three months. The last guy I was with for a year and a half. We were engaged but he kept calling these dating lines and I broke it off. I was burglerized in my home and ran at the burgler with a candlestick holder and held him until the cops came 20 mins. later. My son’s father abducted my son and took him to mexico without my knowlege. I went to mexico alone and stole him back. I’m no stranger to 2nd jobs and currently have one working at a caberet as a waitress. Everyone says I’m a strong person but I’m not. My mom says I bring these situations upon myself. On my way back from mexico I stop in vegas and meet three people (2 guys and a girl) going to a convention. One of the guys askes me to stay in vagas since I have never been there so I change my ticket and stay one night there. I have a blast. What happens in vegas stays in vegas…Anyways, my life has been hell…I just want to have a little fun. My life is full of drama and I feel like when I see the oppertunity for happiness I jump at it. Is risk taking a dissorder? Both my mom and dad have been diagnosed with Depresion and my mom Depression and anxiety. I feel good and happy most of the time except when my parents gripe me out about my wild and dram filled life.
A. You can see very well that the mistakes in judgment that you have made have hurt you. They might very well have hurt you much more than they did. You haven’t told me nearly enough for me to form a judgment as to what possible disorder you may have. Counseling will do the in depth analysis that will answer your question. Histrionic personality disorder does have “drama” as a characteristic. My advice, please be careful and seek out some help that provides you a life analysis.
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