TBH, I felt like I should throw this quote out here for the people wondering if the has HPD vs. NPD, because when I read it I was like "ohhh":
"In fact, some mental health experts believe that the term histrionic personality disorder should be deleted from the DSM. Thus, the disorder could be included as an exhibitionistic subtype of narcissism. "
The thing that I wonder about this though regarding Chloe having NPD (and I mentioned this before), is that NPD is developed from having some sort of child abuse, most commonly at least one NPD parent. This would mean that even though her DID is false and the trauma she eludes to is false, it's still very odd that she claims to have a great childhood and loving parents because someone with those things would NOT have NPD. And I'm not saying she doesn't have NPD, I'm saying something doesn't quite add up here if she both has NPD but not abusive childhood/loving parents.
*I think this is a very important mark here that we should further discuss and investigate.*
I would appreciate anyone who can elaborate on this in an effective way.
If it is true that she had a stable home and parents, I would suggest that these symptoms have a greater criteria for something more biological, along the lines of schizophrenia or some sort of schizoaffective or psychotic disorder.
HOWEVER, with certain findings of her being what seems to be manipulative, would indicate that she is at least somewhat aware of what she is doing. To me this seems more like NPD mixed with some other sort of psychological disorder. *My theory on this is:*
Her parents were actually abusive (a lot of NPD parents are very psychologically abusive and can effectively make the child believe that they are the BEST parent that anyone could have). An NPD parent does not look abusive to the outside world because of their high levels of manipulation (and manipulation is a learned behavior, so Chloe probably learned it from her parents). NPD parents usually give their child lots of pseudo-love mixed with lots of punishment for not being exactly how they want them to be. As long as the child is doing what the parent wants, the parent will reward the child which is why you might see what seems to be a loving relationship on camera.
Chloe, like most children would do, internalized the situation, putting her into disbelief that her parents could ever treat her such a way (because it is traumatic). And when you are completely unaware of the abuse you suffered, you grow up either becoming just like the abuser or the victim of the abuser (the other parent), *because you do not learn from anything if you do not believe there is anything wrong in the first place.* Because of this, she would grow up to have NPD just like her parent as well as a deep seated belief that she was abused due to actually being abused, but, doesn't remember the abuse because the one's who did it, she cannot accept as abusers.
I also have an analyzation on her and Nans dynamic if anyone wants.
EDIT: I'd also like to add that Chloe exhibits a lot of attention seeking behavior, specifically validation. The reason people grow up to be like this is because as a child THEIR wants, THEIR needs were always invalidated UNLESS it fits the parents agenda. And I could imagine driving her to therapy would fit an NPD parents agenda because it makes the parent look innocent. "Look you see, it is my child who was the problem, not me. And we never did anything but love her as a child."
