They gradually become wary and suspicious of her hysterical and neurotic behavior. Conversely, it made whites hysterical and paranoid. Histrionic personality disorder is also known as hysterical personality. He testified that Christie had a hysterical personality but was not insane. It was absolutely awful, and we were hysterical and ecstatic. After he leaves, she breaks down and alternates between sobs and hysterical laughter. Some criticised the reaction to Diana's death at the time as being "hysterical" and "irrational". Hawkeye and B.J. collapse in gales of hysterical laughter. In this film, Bloom plays a suicidal ballerina who "suffers from hysterical paralysis". She described Townsend as scarcely sane and hysterical. The police are baffled and the town becomes hysterical with fear. It then becomes a case of hysterical conversion reaction. Indeed, his almost hysterical attacks made many generals hostile. She was at the Spanish court described as depressed and hysterical. Honey realizes that the story is about her and her "hysterical pregnancy".