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10-12-2010, 09:59 AM
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Hey TB,
I for one like the recognition of others. In person I will seldom admit to this, but I do. It's not like I go out in public and actively seek attention or anything, but deep down I have a lingering hope for someone to say something good about me.
I'm guessing it's a problem, but the first step is admitting that I have one. This is a pretty big aspect of my life that I have to tackle, mainly because as far as I can remember, I have been like this.
For an example, I am modest. I am genuinely modest, and it's not an act. However, I also like to hear people praise my modestly. Something's obviously wrong there.
This is something I've always noticed in the background, but now it's hit me. I haven't exactly found exactly what I'm doing or who I am, and sometimes I even think that everything I'm doing is for the purpose of appealing to others. I'll have to stew on that.
Open discussion. Thoughts?
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10-12-2010, 10:03 AM
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10-12-2010, 10:06 AM
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10-12-2010, 10:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: WNY | | I am a very private, modest person. If I don't know someone I won't even say "hi".
But- Anyone that says that they don't care what others think of them is a liar. Humans are social creatures. 
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10-12-2010, 10:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tampa, Florida, US | | | Humans are social animals, and as a result we strive for social appreciate and recognition. It's not uncommon.
On a side note I recently won a modesty competition I was entered into by not showing even showing up.
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10-12-2010, 11:44 AM
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10-12-2010, 11:55 AM
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10-12-2010, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by shackled I am a very private, modest person. If I don't know someone I won't even say "hi".
But- Anyone that says that they don't care what others think of them is a liar. Humans are social creatures. | Im quite the same, though being born a Leo, something in me also likes the attention of others. However, I truly dont care what others think of me, good or bad, the attention will suffice.
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10-12-2010, 12:35 PM
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10-12-2010, 01:16 PM
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But, why do you think this is a problem for you?
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10-12-2010, 02:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Covina (LA), SoCal | | | Because he is reptilian and he's beginning to wonder what that warm fuzzy feeling he gets inside everytime people praise him is.
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10-12-2010, 03:23 PM
| | | | Wow, very different responses than what I had expected.
I just came to feel that whenever I wanted that recognition, I was being a little sissyboy who didn't have my own character and whatnot. It was just a gut feeling, like I was working to be what I want other people to know me as, instead of just being myself.
Truthfully, it was much more distinct than it is now, but I mean, it's still there.
So it's normal, then? Nobody else got the impression that it was a flaw of personality?
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10-12-2010, 03:26 PM
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10-12-2010, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by WyrmDL Wow, very different responses than what I had expected.
I just came to feel that whenever I wanted that recognition, I was being a little sissyboy who didn't have my own character and whatnot. It was just a gut feeling, like I was working to be what I want other people to know me as, instead of just being myself.
Truthfully, it was much more distinct than it is now, but I mean, it's still there.
So it's normal, then? Nobody else got the impression that it was a flaw of personality? | I don't see the harm in wanting attention... so long as it doesn't result in you beating off in a public park. I can see how that may be frowned upon.
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10-12-2010, 04:32 PM
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