This behavior pattern is a lot like my W, who has always been a bit histrionic through our M, but at a "low volume", say 1 or 2...but in MLC the volume went up to full blast. The mlc'er is trying to re-wire their brains and emotions and coping skills from when they got stunted in childhood/adolescence/young adulthood it seems.
Maybe do some research on the cluster B personality disorders, such as Histrionic and Borderline etc for some insight (but not a diagnosis) into this dynamic.
Knowledge is power (and understanding, therefore compassion)...have you gone through all the the stickied info at the head of the forum, and Cadet's links?
In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. - Albert Camus
Uncertainty is the very condition which impels people to unfold their powers.-Eric Fromm
