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Q: Is This a Personality Disorder?
asked by: sharita4307 on November 1st, 2004
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I don't know what to do anymore. I always feel like I need attention as a child I would lie about anything just so people would pay attention to me whether it was doing something to get arrested or exaggrating illnesses. As i'm getting older (19) it seems to be getting worse. All I can think of is doing something really big to get a lot of attention, and then these thoughts come into my head to hurt somebody really bad or hurt multiple people and I will really get a lot attention. I am very afraid that I may hurt somebody I love. The really weird thing is that I just don't want positive attention it has to be attention that is achieved by doing bad things. I don't know what to do I think about killing myself to keep myself from hurting someone in my family. I don't think I can beat this thing, please help me!
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purple333
replied on November 7th, 2004
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If you don't get help chances are that you will either have a lousy depressing life or that you will do something awful & end up having a horrendous nightmarish life - possibly in jail being used by older stronger people for sex>> std>> death. Neither are lives i'd like for anyone.

You have come for help but it is up to you to take it & act to get help>>talk to your dr about seeing a psych, &/or see if there are any support groups, counselling groups etc (anything) that deal with low self-esteem, poor impulse control,etc. Then go rfom there.

Good luck pm me if you want to talk as I suspect there are deeper issues behind this but with no idea what they are I can't give more specific help/advice.
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Mike_The_Man
replied on March 23rd, 2005
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Could also be histrionic personality disorder you are describing although it is co-morbid with borderline personality disorder
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