I always thought that the only people who would constantly have the need to seek attention would be children who are neglected. Apparently, you get adults who are even bigger attention seekers. I always wonder why?
I read an article about this. It explained that certain adults are this way due to them having self-esteem issues. The article also explained how jealousy could cause this as well. In my opinion, jealousy is a terrible disease. Often, adults see someone else getting all the attention, so they react in an attention seeking way to have some of the attention too. They do not realize that you should rather have no attention than bad attention.
Some studies say that there is a mental problem that causes attention seeking. It is called historical personality disorder. It is a mental condition and affects the way someone thinks, perceives or relates to others. Besides for the attention seeking, it causes one to be dramatic, have strong opinion, have emotions that are always changing, they see relationship as closer than they actually are, and they are influenced very easily. The treatment for them is usually physiology or some sort of talk therapy.
In cases like this, we should be understanding. However, you still get people who seek attention and approval who are perfectly normal and can control it. If you are an attention seeker, I strongly advise that you stop, because like I’ve mentioned before, having no attention is better than bad attention. If you stop seeking attention, people will take you more seriously and respect you.
