Attention Whores: A Serious Discussion

[Scipionix]

Crap, I thought you meant "Attention whores" as in you wanted to talk to hookers. Oh well.

 

[pyonir]

Attention whore? what does that mean?

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: Hanpan
What struck me out of that article is that Histrionic Personality Disorder is rarely found in men. Since it is likely that this dicussion may at some point involve gender I found it necessary to make this clear.

Yes it is,the dignosis just gets called something different or rolled into another personality disorder.I spent 15 yrs working in the mental health field I've seen drama queens of both sexes !!Dudes just go about getting attention differently, usually in a more violent or antisocial fashion!


What's important to also note when you start throwing dignostic labels on people is that because none of us has perfect parents there is no such thing as a completely "well " person. The differential is if your negative traits led to an inability to function in your chosen lifestyle.Just because your personal style isn't the same
as another person's doesn't always mean that person is psychiatrically ill. Also,part of the nature of the human beast is the quest to survive, there's many folks walking around who fit dx criteria in the DSM - IV who actually function in their daily lives quite well simply because of one basic fact, people tend to gravitate to others who share similar viewpoints /appreciate their style,birds of a feather flocking together and all DSM - IV is a valuable tool but it is not the end all be all in this stuff

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: yakko

Originally posted by: Adul
i am just here to hug isla

*hugs isla*

smack yakko witha trout

/me smacks yakko witha trout.

baffled2 is gonna be mad that you are smacking people with trout without getting permission first.

nah !! I keep an unlocked freezer full of spares, I may be an attention whore but I also know
how to share

 

[DivideBYZero]

Damn!

I too, expected there to be some real 'Whores' in here, not just ppl desparate for approval by their peers.

Oh well, look out for my Topic ' ATTENTION!!! Whores.', cumming to an ATOT near you soon, where we can discuss.

 

[Isla]

Good Morning!

And thanks for both the hugs and the intelligent responses. I do think it is an interesting topic, especially since it can be so easy to get called one around here.

~Hope everyone has a lovely day~



<---embracing the Attention Whore in herself and telling her 'it's okay'

 

[Moonbeam]

Oops

Good morning to you Isla. Just please try not to get more attention than me and my green-gilled-you're-an-attention-whore-reflex won't be triggered.

 

[Hammer]

 

[Mrburns2007]

My inner child is trying to say something: link

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

ATOT Attention Whores are people who are just a little narcissistic.

see here for infor. most attention whores aren't full blown narcissitic, but certainly leaning that way.

I think Isla may be right about a few attention whores leaning towards Histrionic Pers. Disorder.

 

[Shelly21]

Oops, I mistakenly misread the topic. It's "Attention Whores" not "Attention <pause> Whores".

 

[DivideBYZero]

Shelly, see my post on page one...!

 

[Scouzer]

Originally posted by: Isla
Well, that's a good start.

I wanted to include this link...

Histrionic Personality Disorder

This is what I would define as an AH in real life, although I would be more inclined to say they were simply personality disordered.

Holy sheeit... I fall under almost everything on that page. No kidding...ahhh, I didn't think I was some kind of nutjob...

But then again, I am a teen...ahhh all the same...

:Q

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Scouzer

I didn't think I was some kind of nutjob...

enlightening isn't it?

 

[Moonbeam]

/0 See scipionix's post on page one. And by the way what is page one and what isn't has a lot to do with how many posts you cusrtomize to desplay. At the moment my pages are 50 posts but I like all the icons showing so I can admire baffled2's red hair, otherwise I'd set it to 100.

 

[Athanasius]

Be careful not to try and show people how wonderful you are just to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven, the true Ground of All Being. So, when you do something wonderful, do not let you image-self broadcast to the world what your real-self has done. Otherwerwise your image self will reduce reality to an image and your reward will slip away like sand in an hourglass. The wonder that your real self does is seen by the Father, who sees what is done in secret. He will reward you when you make Him your reward. His reward is the only reward that is real.

Athanasius' modern application of Matthew 6:1-4

The reality is the person and the act. In the reality is found the reward. People who do things based on people's responses (and I am people too) are not well-grounded.

If their neediness somehow angers me, what does that say about me?

Reactionary neediness is more needy than the original neediness that we use to excuse our reaction.

 

[pyonir]

that's a lot of neediness.

 

[Athanasius]

originally posted by pyonir
that's a lot of neediness.

Few things are truly needed. Really, only ONE. But we don't see it that way.

If your eye is single, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If the light that is within you is darkness, how great is that darkness?

-- Jesus of Nazareth, circa 33AD.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Athanasius

Few things are truly needed. Really, only ONE. But we don't see it that way.

actually really only TWO. Water and food.

 

[Athanasius]

pyonir:

If we are talking about physical needs, you left out the all important WARMTH. Oh yes, and internet access

I don't think this thread is about physical needs.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Athanasius
pyonir:
If we are talking about physical needs, you left out the all important WARMTH.

i have all the warmth i need in Arizona.

 

[obiwaynekenobi]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
1 explination of Histrionic Personality Disorder

Damn, I know a couple of people like that..

That explains A HECK of a lot.

 

[obiwaynekenobi]

I always imgained it as someone who wanted to be the center of attention to the the forums all upset not nesisarly with each other just annoyed in general. Someone who craves it and desires it like....

an alcholic woman who thinks that she's the queen of sheba.
and deserves to be treated as such.

The problem is that attention whores don't always get the KIND they want.

 

[Hammer]

I don't really know any.

 

[Isla]

Again, thanks to all my friends who have shared warm, intelligent responses, hugs, waves, and guitar serenades! No matter what people say about this community not being how it used to be, there are still plenty of thoughtful (and humorous) people here.

And Athanasius, thank you. That's a beautiful post I will take to heart and keep in mind in the coming days.