Means Girls is a classic movie pertaining to the social hierarchy of high school; more specifically the social ladder within the community of girls at North Shore High School. While the main purpose of this movie is to implement laughter into the individuals who are viewing it, it does indeed have many accurate psychological concepts within the development of its lead characters. Regina George, the most popular person at North Shore High School suffers from Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD). Such a conclusion can be reached as seen in her demeanor, characterized by attention seeking, over dramatic behavior and the need to playing victim.
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Histrionic personality disorder is defined as, “A pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts” (DSM 5). Regina George suffers from this personality disorder as she actively seeks attention from her peers. For example, when she finds out that there is a possibility of her ex-boyfriend being into someone else, she actively seeks his attention and refuses to let someone else be the center of his …show more content…
Throughout the movie it is shown that Regina likes to be over dramatic. In many instances she has completely overreacted to a situation for the sake of being dramatic. The most notable of these moments is when she finds out that Cady given her Kaltoen Bars (which help people gain weight). She has a complete over reaction and publicizes the burn book, making copies of the pages and distributing them throughout the school resulting in a state of anarchy. Ironically enough Regina had been doing things to mess with Cady such as purposefully getting back together with her ex. A normal individual would have reacted differently, perhaps cry but she creates a whole plan to completely destroy
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Histrionic personality disorder is defined as, “A pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts” (DSM 5). Regina George suffers from this personality disorder as she actively seeks attention from her peers. For example, when she finds out that there is a possibility of her ex-boyfriend being into someone else, she actively seeks his attention and refuses to let someone else be the center of his …show more content…
Throughout the movie it is shown that Regina likes to be over dramatic. In many instances she has completely overreacted to a situation for the sake of being dramatic. The most notable of these moments is when she finds out that Cady given her Kaltoen Bars (which help people gain weight). She has a complete over reaction and publicizes the burn book, making copies of the pages and distributing them throughout the school resulting in a state of anarchy. Ironically enough Regina had been doing things to mess with Cady such as purposefully getting back together with her ex. A normal individual would have reacted differently, perhaps cry but she creates a whole plan to completely destroy