4. The Drama Queen: ‘If you can’t handle me at my worst…’
The Drama Queen is usually a vivacious, bold, and seemingly emotionally open individual. They bring you in to their world with gusto; sometimes they are very funny and/or they make you feel immediately important, as though they are instantly connected with you and ready to share their secrets. At first, you admire their take-charge attitude, until you realize that what they have going for them may be less take-charge and more, well, just attitude.
The Drama Queen (or King!) is constantly in a battle of some sort: with friends, with neighbors, with family. Like the Perpetual Victim, the Drama Queen has been wronged somehow, but unlike the Victim, their displays are not so much passive-aggressive but rather in-your-face tantrums. If you find yourself in a relationship with a Drama Queen, you may start to downplay your own thoughts and feelings in fear that the Drama Queen will target you. Essentially, these individuals are nothing more than bullies. The best way to deal a Drama Queen is to back away slowly and make sure that your schedule is always packed.
