Hey!!... Give me some ATTENTION?!!!???!!?

[Psychedelicious]

YEAH um OKAY YEAH

Is it weird to like love attention? I sometimes feel like I want to hide from the world, but I also feel like I want the whole world to notice me. If I didn't have any problems with this that I would probably do alot more things that would make people notice me. A whole lot more. The thing is people already do notice me, everyone knows who I am but no one knows anything about me. I feel like it's never enough though. Give me all the compliments in the world, and I'll still want more. I also feel like I just do things because I want to do them, that are really weird, not because I want the attention. I've done things before like dying my hair about every color, I've even stapled my hair before, tanning ONE leg, draw dots all over my leg etc etc etc. I really don't know if this was specifically for attention or just because I felt like doing it. I feel like social phobia is holding me back from all a lot of things I would do if I didn't have it. I don't even know what kinds of crazy things I would do then. It's just most people want to hide from the world, so is this weird? or normal? Does anyone else love love love attention?

 

[Leki]

I identify with what your saying here, i don't think its weird. I feel like hiding away from the world and shutting myself in a cupboard but at the same time i want the whole world to notice me and be the centre of attention.

I do weird things when i am out around strangers because i want people to look at me. I want them to laugh at me and thing i'm weird which doesn't really make sense because really i am scared of people judging me. With strangers though it is like a don't care because i will never see them again. I feel so inhibited all of the time i feel like i have to express some type of emotion like singing loudly to myself, making weird facial expressions and just doing odd stuff.

I like the tanning one leg idea, you should tan one side of your whole body including your face :lol:

Stapling your hair 8O

I like seeing people who do unusual things, it makes the world interesting.

 

[4seasons]

Sounds to me like you're being yourself and expressing yourself. Nothing wrong with that. With certain things I feel the same way, for example if I'm at the skate park riding I'll make an effort to ride better in front of a lot of people just to get the attention. But when i do get it, I get really awkward and its hard to handle. Its a good thing in a way though because it motivates me to ride better and learn new tricks, and just all around progress. I guess in the same way seeking attention is motivating you to be creative with your appearance.....haha I don't know my two cents.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Re: Give me some ATTENTION?!!!???!!?

Is it weird to like love attention? I sometimes feel like I want to hide from the world, but I also feel like I want the whole world to notice me. If I didn't have any problems with this that I would probably do alot more things that would make people notice me. A whole lot more. The thing is people already do notice me, everyone knows who I am but no one knows anything about me. I feel like it's never enough though. Give me all the compliments in the world, and I'll still want more. I also feel like I just do things because I want to do them, that are really weird, not because I want the attention. I've done things before like dying my hair about every color, I've even stapled my hair before, tanning ONE leg, draw dots all over my leg etc etc etc. I really don't know if this was specifically for attention or just because I felt like doing it. I feel like social phobia is holding me back from all a lot of things I would do if I didn't have it. I don't even know what kinds of crazy things I would do then. It's just most people want to hide from the world, so is this weird? or normal? Does anyone else love love love attention?

No its not weird to want attention. Thats a primary condition in SA. Our want for attention is a normal thing, and where it becomes a problem is when we project our self criticism onto other people, and think that they will be as critical and as harsh on ourself as we sometimes can be. We want to make a good impression in order to obtain this response from people, and our fears of not doing so appear to be a very primary characteristic of SA. For instance, one could be very happy with themself and hold themself to high esteem, and would want others to do the same. This person could be also very afraid of not doing so, so instead of trying to go out and be social and meet people, they would simply rather avoid everything rather than ruin their reputation with others.
I, being who I am, have a ridiculous desire for being in the spotlight (I, in ways find it to be a positive trait to have as a musician). No, you're not the only one, and I find it to be a very telling aspect of ones personality as it often is manifest of a very decent, intelligent, autonomous and creative individual :lol:

 

[Psychedelicious]

Thanks people. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't something that was very unusual. People actually do notice me a lor, or atleast I think they do. I was just hoping they wouldn't think I was crazy or anything. That'd be a cool idea tanning one side of my body haha . I'll just continue on in my non-direct attention seeking wayss. Thannkks.