What does attention seeking behavior mean?
A person may exhibit behavior that requires positive or negative attention. Attention-seeking behavior can be characteristic of both adults and children.
The reason for this behavior is the inability to establish effective communication, personality disorder, mental health problem.
Yes, almost everyone has a mild desire to be the center of attention, but the involvement of a professional doctor is necessary when the attention-seeking behavior takes on an insatiable tone and becomes destructive. The psychologist will be able to find the cause of the behavior, accordingly he will choose the course of treatment.
In adults, it is manifested by the following symptoms:
- You use social media in an unhealthy way - you just do everything to get attention, "likes" and comments on uploaded photos/videos;
- You are overly dramatic or emotional in public;
- If you do not feel in the center of attention, it seems as if people around you will ignore you;
- You constantly expect compliments and recognition from others;
- You avoid controversial topics to cause more reactions;
- You show yourself as if you cannot perform a task or solve a problem properly and in this way you attract attention from others;
- You do not shy away from exaggerating or beautifying the issue to impress the people around you.
Signs of attention-seeking behavior in children include:
- Running away;
- Beating others;
- Violation of rules;
- Ignoring instructions;
- Crying;
- Crying even when they are happy and nothing is bothering them.
Source:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/attention-seeking-behavior
