It was extremely difficult to try and reason with this woman, and of course, she was in denial and insisted that I was the one with the problem. My advice: run a mile at the first signs because you cannot help these people unless they seek it themselves, which, of course, they won't, because they consider themselves quite normal.

Drama Queens, I've found from experience, tend to also be pathological liars and in a constant state of emotional and environmental denial.

Look for the ones who mark all their sent emails as "Urgent".

I mean, only a few people can affort to be truly real-life drama queens (or as some aptly put it, divas), even a little, for a while, whereas online, it's rather easy to satisfy their narcissistic need for unwarranted self importance. Therefore, they can easily get away with it in social networking sites, when way back in the good old days they rightly got pounded in the open forums. Or include some other useful real info, like how to ID one by their profiles, replies, etc.

As far as I am concerned, I know when someone is making a mountain out of a molehill more often than not. Under these circumstances, the person can safely be labeled a histrionic drama-queen (or king). There are limits.

Had no money to buy Xmas presents for his grandchildren so I bought them. My own kids didn't even get any. I was going broke, spending thousands of dollars on this poor "victim" who created his own drama. It was always somebody else's faul -- never his.

And what a liar. The most brilliant actor/compulsive liar I ever saw. Textbook poster boy for: Histrionic Personality Disorder with huge dependency issues. He wanted a mom to take care of him (me) and still wanted his dollies on the side. I found phone numbers, emails, dating sites he visited one day before we celebrated Valentine's Day, and I called three of the women. None of them knew about me. And vice versa.

Ladies, Gents, if this is you and you have been played, take heart. Their new victims will get played, too. I thought I could save some of those women from his predatory drama but I can't save the world. Can only save me.

Drama King, oh my god. Everything was about him. I was only a fixture. You think you can help? You think you can save these people? Forget it. They don't want to be saved. It would be far too painful and ugly to acknowledge who they are. Run away and do not look back!

However, the real drama queens are often appeared to incurable. Because they think they should not change who they are.

I have the personal experience with my best friend of 16 years, whom I now know is a drama queen. She can get upset of the littlest thing and can turn off the joyful mood of the whole group in any gathering. She had insulted my boyfriend and disrespected her although when he used to treat her like a good friend. I agreed with the article's part of being on constant alert about hurting her feeling.

These people might have a hurtful past incident that made them to be such a attention seeker but they refuse to change themselves because they think the world is not fair with their eccentricity. The only reason I still hang out with her because I just want to respect this long friendship although it's eating away my energy and sometimes I'm afraid I am also becoming like her. -Sush

Some people vent to friends (sometimes more than a few to cope with their feelings and or insecurities). If situations do arise where said person occasionally flips out to smaller occurrences, it is quite possible that there have been several things building up over time that have lead to that point.

For example: Say you work with a woman who is normally quiet, not really the type to seek out attention save for from close friends or family, but once in a while, she just freaks out for no apparent reason. Does this really make her a drama queen? I honestly don't think so. There could be a lot of stress build up behind her flipping out and seemingly becoming 'the drama queen' when in reality she isn't really looking for attention at that point at all.

Admittedly, there are some people who do just want the attention, but as with anything there is always a reason behind any given behavior.

It is also possible that drama queens/kings have too much free time on their hands and are just bored with being content. And if everybody else around them is content, they want to bring drama into their lives so that they are no longer bored with that aspect of their lives.

The drama queen makes mountains out of molehills, needs constant validation, wants to be the center of attention -- especially when it's not appropriate, such as at someone else's wedding or birthday party -- and lashes out at people who won't play her game or cater to her whims.

These behaviors are her standard mode of operation, even when things are otherwise "good." The term "drama queen" is often misapplied, and sometimes maliciously. But just because someone walks away from an argument, gets upset about a parking ticket or needs to vent to a best friend about their mother doesn't make them a drama queen.

Please spare a thought for those who may not know any better and try to educate them in a positive and meaningful way. Who knows, you could help some poor soul change their lives for the better forever! Now how rewarding will that be?

Peace

That may be but these people are adults and should deal with their own problems and not expect everyone else to fix it for them. besides, you can't help a person unless they want to help themselves and nine out of 10 times they won't-so run like hell!

Mean, degrading humor is what she lives for. She doesn't see the harm in it. When confronted by her boss, breaks into tears. So is she playing her game or isn't she? One flew over the cuckoo's nest?

These people are a sad example of a degenerating society that breeds social vampirism into its very fabric. (If you don't know what a "Social Vampire" is, read the chapter "Not All Vampires Suck Blood" from the Satanic Bible by LaVey.)

Personally I simply don't allow drama queens into my life at all. When one attempts to enter into it, I cut them out like the cancer they are and leave them to the way side.

I will antagonize them into throwing fits to show the world just how stupid they really are in an attempt to teach them equally how stupid they are behaving. To date I have only met one such drama queen who has reformed herself and changed from being a dramatic-seeking attention hound to a healthy member of society. that person is now my wife and mother of my child.

If only more people could do what she did and change themselves, the world would be a much better place.

I showed my insecurity to my teacher though and he ended up not liking me and telling people that I was a drama queen and other nasty things.

I feel as the post by jennifer's up above that you should get to know the person that is making a big deal out of the smallest of things because some very deep issues might be preventing them from relaxing. --sarah

I'm pretty tolerant and quiet, but sometimes you just want to say shut the !@#$ up!

If we would listen to our passions and the message of their drama, we could get in touch with some vital energy.