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[zuki_san]

Hm. I post something (admittedly, something I do that rather infrequently.). Then I wait a few days. And noone comments. Then I feel miffed. Or sad, or something. Then I feel bad about that, because it makes me feel like an attention whore. Just a bit.

...I don't really like that phrase. It's quite ugly. But then again, I think that's the point. And then, of course, my brain goes "the fact that you think about things like this meants you probably aren't one. So chilll. You're thinking too much, man."

What's your definition of Attention Whore?

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[starweaver-blue.livejournal.com]

*poke*

You have to actually be doing something annoying to attract attention, or have a "poor me waah" thing going on over time about it (which this kind of introspection really isn't), to qualify as an attention whore, IMO.

I had feelings like that a lot in the past, and this was actually one of the reasons that I had a hard time using LJ and such. (I started with an independant Movable-Type blog and ended up being told at some point that no one was going to read it without being kicked if it wasn't on LJ).

In my case, I think I've found it to be spun off of unresonable feeling of isolation which is an effect of my (currently mostly inactive but untreated) depression-or-similar.

But then, I said, "In my case" and rambled; you can feel things like this without having any problems like that I'm sure. Accepting that you feel that way and refusing to linger thinking about it when it comes up (AKA a zennish approach) would probably be the first thing I tried.

. . .

Wow, I started this response just meaning to poke you, really. *hug*.

[starweaver-blue.livejournal.com]

Tweak: ". . . . first thing I tried [if the feelings bothered me too much.]"