Debbie Drama Queen

Good way to vent!! I really dislike people like that!

It sounds like she is very insecure...

One lady in one of my meetings always would go on and on about her latest events in her life that I began to refer to the meetings as "The Linda Show" -(name changed but I have no idea why) Our meetings were not meant for this kind of in depth long life updates. If everyone had done this our meetings would have taken days to complete.

Another one of my friends many years, if I mentioned I had been sick with bronchitis would tell me how she just had pneumonia. What ever I had, she had something worse. I began tell ing my husband when I got of the phone - Linda just coughed up another lung again-(name changed but again I have no idea why) Then I found that her daughter did the same thing in a conversation we had. Guess she inherited it. I just found it easier not to mention when I was ill, but it was one-up-man-ship in everything, good or bad. It got to the point that when she seemed to lose interest in my friendship, I was relieved.

Sometimes you have to step back and feel sorry for these people, they are so intent on themselves they must have no life at all if they prattle on all day long about it. Really she might need therapy - as it is inappropriate to think co workers can be used this way.

Yep, seems like there's one of those everywhere, doesn't it?

I remember the one we had at the Evil Corporation. She was intent on getting to the point of being disabled so she could stop working. She used to research illnesses extensively online, so that she could present them to the doctors convincingly, and everything she ever said she had was subjective symptoms only, so no one could prove that she didn't have whatever it was. Really creepy.

I think it's a childish mechanism to make one feel special. When you realize that there is always someone out there much worse off than you, you tend to get over it quickly. I think recognizing that we are not a unique snowflake and that the multitude of humans in this world are likely to have traits like ourselves is also quite humbling. When - if - these people finally grow up, they will seek out others that are like themselves.

Ah, well, I'm rambling again.

Superficial, shallow and insecure. Given long enough she will just fade off I have no doubt, until then vent away, this is definitely a good place to do it!!

Ah yes, we have one of these also -- I am tempted to strangle either her or myself on a regular basis -- sigh. Work was never as stressful as it has been lately because of all the added high drama. I'm sorry you have one also! :-(

People like her almost always burn themselves outt, burn bridges or annoy the boss enough to send her on another career direction.