I have done it all. I put on a show. I cried all too much. I made a huge deal out of something miniscule. For as long as I can remember, I have always been classified as "dramatic". If you were to somehow get a hold of one of my home videos from my childhood, I promise you, I wouldn't disappoint.
Could I try and blame it on my surroundings? I'm sure I did some time or another. The truth was I was born this way. Though with age, I have definitely simmered down, there are times where I can revert back to my old ways. For those of you who considers themselves "Drama Queens", and "Drama Kings", or are given the title by your family, I have compiled a list of things I have done to see if any of our paths may have crossed:
1. When you are in the middle of an argument and you have a meltdown unnecessarily:
These are the times when you take things to a whole other level. You scream, cry, and maybe even stomp around a little, and when you look back on it, a more calm, cool, and collected version of yourself, you ultimately find that you may have escalated that particular situation WAY too much.
2. When you did anything to get out of something you didn't want to do:
A reward is long overdue for my mother for putting up with me as a child and young teenager. I happened to be quite the connoisseur at coming up with any and every possible excuse to get out of going to school. When the classic cold and sniffle was overdone, I became desperate. I became so desperate at times that I would have probably accidentally stubbed my toe and then claimed it was broken.
3. When you had to drag out an injury:
When I was a little girl, about three or four years old, I scraped my knee tripping up the stairs outside - I wouldn't walk for a week. I made my parents carry me around. I wouldn't let them put me down because I "couldn't walk". It wasn't until my mother threatened to take me to the hospital for x-rays that I said, "I think I'm better now," and proceeded to limp as if I had just overcome a major injury.
4. When you were unable to keep a secret or contain your emotions:
Especially as a child, my family liked to call me the "Star Ledger", because the second I heard big news, gossip, drama, or was told a secret, I had to tell someone. It just wasn't in my nature to keep anything in. Even if it wasn't something considered to be a "big deal", I sure made it seem like it before I said anything.
5. When just everything you do is over the top:
For some, our inner diva is always shining, and for others maybe not so much. I think there is a little "Drama Queen" and "Drama King" inside of all of us. I don't see any problem in embracing that!
