How do you handle people who love drama?

Well, it sounds like she has some issues. You can do a few things 1) Make sure she gets some help. She needs counseling 2) How often does she do this? Look for a pattern and try and beat her to it, maybe she will learn she does not have to act up to get attention, that you love her anyhow! If you know her brithday is coming up, sit down a few months before - maybe discuss going to a local hotspot to celebrate her b'day - let her know that you are are thinking about her - when she is not. 3) Call her - let her know that you are thinking of her. Send her e-cards to say Hi. 4) Invite her to some of your kids activities - let her know you enjoy her company - bring her to a hockey tournament, a family cookout or whatever. Let her know that she is part of your family. 5) Call her...make plans for a girl's day out - go shoppping with her, take her to a day spa etc. Don't know what else to tell you.

My brother can be something of a "drama king" and as I also have a small family, it makes our lives difficult to say the least. The best way I hve to deal with him is to ignore him. They want the attention and crave the attention, therefore don't give them the attention. My brother has learnt the hard way that he cannot get everything his own way now, and has backed off

I would tell her point blank that if she is having problems that she needs to consult someone who is trained in dealing with them. There have been times when I needed to say this to people that I know. They back down for a while. Often they take my advise and often find that they have nothing wrong with them. It is just their nature to be overly dramatic.

Im a drama queen myself:) My parents usually indulge me but my bf usually just ignores me when i behave that way.

I try and stay away from drama queens, it gets on my nerves and I loose patience with people like this. Sometimes a taste of their own medicine helps.

I have a question for you, my friend. Why do you want to do that? Having a drama queen around is VERY ideal in my opinion. This means that there is never a dull moment and there will always be something to laugh about every next minute. I think your sis would be one popular guest at many parties. ;-) I would say, play along with her. When you play along with a drama queen, you will then stop finding her irritating or tiring. Instead, you will have as much fun as her. Not to mention that this will forge a stronger bond between your sister and you, I am sure life will change for the better once you "give in". ^^

I do know how you feel. I have one in our family who loves "drama". It is all for ATTENTION!! The best advice I can give you is to quit giving her the attention she is wanting and she will tone it down. People like her want sympathy and to be the center of attention. It really gets my goat, there are actually really needy people and situations out there that require attention and these drama queens/kings want it all for themselves b/c they are selfish. Hope I didn't hurt anyone's feelings, but that's my opinion.

i dont know how to minimize of being drama queen to a princess size.my grandmother loves drama and she has her favorite drama movie and if she watch those drama movie she is very affected and very emotional and also she apply it to her personla life. she always think about discrimation of being a poor woman. she thinks of that always and we keep on telling her that its not true and she is just being influence by the movie she always watch but she dont listen.all we have to do is to banned him of watching drama movies.