The Shifting Apparatus 🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️⚧️:drgn::neocat:🐺we get feelings that no one cares about us, and we don't know if they're true or not
We feel like we need more
Wonder if the term codependance applies to us
nah it doesn't
we definitely feel like we'd like more attention, recognition, and validatiom
Attention seeking - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_seeking
Well there seems to be nothing wrong with the term "attention seeking"
As it could often stem from a need of validation and security. Given that we have neither of the former, it is only natural for us to seek attention.
Appie wonders if someone could gain passive validation. Is it true that some feel validated just by existing?
We have very weird behaviors when it comes to attention seeking
For one we never ask anyone explictly to give us attention, and rely on others to pick up on cues and read between the lines.
If someone does pick up the cues and gives us attention, we don't interact with them. As in "it's too late, why couldn't you notice earlier?" but in reality, we'd much rather interact, but something strong is stopping us
What a weird mental cycle
seek attention <-> reject it
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#vent, #mentalHealth, #attentionSeeking, #validation, #loneliness
We feel like we need more
Wonder if the term codependance applies to us
nah it doesn't
we definitely feel like we'd like more attention, recognition, and validatiom
Attention seeking - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_seeking
Well there seems to be nothing wrong with the term "attention seeking"
As it could often stem from a need of validation and security. Given that we have neither of the former, it is only natural for us to seek attention.
Appie wonders if someone could gain passive validation. Is it true that some feel validated just by existing?
We have very weird behaviors when it comes to attention seeking
For one we never ask anyone explictly to give us attention, and rely on others to pick up on cues and read between the lines.
If someone does pick up the cues and gives us attention, we don't interact with them. As in "it's too late, why couldn't you notice earlier?" but in reality, we'd much rather interact, but something strong is stopping us
What a weird mental cycle
seek attention <-> reject it
___
#vent, #mentalHealth, #attentionSeeking, #validation, #loneliness
Ellie 
lesser scribe Anna of True Novembers, resident of the principality of Debian in its XIV era