Attention Please part 02

In the last post we addressed the Why's of attention seeking. To sum it up, the underlying impression is lack of self esteem/ confidence. Now this is the fun albeit humiliating part;
TYPES OF ATTENTION SEEKERS

•  Type 1: The Bechara (Sufferer) 

  

  oh, they make you.

  These people fake illness to receive the annoying "GWS" messages, flowers, bonus leaves, extra attention of 'oh, I'll lift your bag. You already have too much baggage.' Yeah, I bet they do and you hon' just lifted 'em up. The most basic one to lookout for is, faking death of someone and the most extreme is to injure themselves. 
•  Type 2: The Superman (Saviour in Tin Foil)

  

  Yeah right!

  These evil "geniuses" are the ones who create the problem and then come as a savior to and solve it out for you to always remind you how they are the "good guys." Why? just for pure bliss of praises and acclaims and oh yes, the problem will be that great for you to thank them so much so watch out and better thank them. 

•  Type 3: The Boss 

  

  You the only one in the race

  These ones purposely create a certain situation where they become the "go-to" person and then they get to help you and take charge of the whole scenario. Just like what happened with Phoebe after she fired Monica as her wedding planner and ultimately had to go back to the boss. This is a mellow level of the 'superman', so even they do it for the glory of their greatness. Doesn't harm much. Look for this person the next time you want your assignments done *wink*. 

• Type 4: Double Dholki (Two faced)

  

  I was there bro!

  The name says it all. They act in a certain manner with some and in a different one with others to gain favors (hidden: attention) from both sides. They also act as a victim to one to gain support from the other just to get attention on themselves and cause a riot, for attention sakes purely. Downplayed but dangerous so, watch out. 

• Type 5: Drama Royalty

  

  Please strike. Now!

  They use drama as a drug. Don't get me wrong but this goes for guys as well hence the 'Royalty'. Drama secretes endorphins, which are the pain-suppressing and pleasure-inducing compounds, which heroin and other opiates mimic. Hence, drama eases the anxiety of wanting more attention than you are getting. (Referred from Psychology today) Since the mechanism of drugs and drama is same, its easy to get addicted to that kind of attention. Bigger the crisis, bigger the thrill. 

• Type 6: The Victim

  

  Please.

  They create crisis to gain following. Its like pity has company and they seek that company. This also includes faking being a victim by bursting into tears at the smallest of situations. They pretend to be the victim of physical, sexual, mental or emotional abuse to get a lot of attention from authorities and loved ones.  These people also either, uses online chat rooms and social media feeds or real life social situations to create acts of harassment against them to gain that sort of attention. This can get quite dangerous since you might not know when these mind games go beyond attention seeking to self injury. If you know of someone like that, try to get the facts straight and get help. 

That's all for this part. If you or anyone you know fall in any of these categories, stay tuned as in the upcoming part we will discuss how to tackle excessive attention seeking.
 That will be the last part of this section including a message to all the elders out there from the teenagers dealing with attention seeking. Adios, and stay healthy.