OBSESSED WITH ATTENTION

<img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/36299.png"/>Obsessed with Attention (Your Truth, Told Honestly)You don’t ask for attention out loud. You don’t say, “Look at me.”But your heart whispers it every time you feel ignored.You notice things other people don’t notice—how long it takes for someone to reply, who views your post and says nothing, how the room feels different when you stop talking. Silence doesn’t feel neutral to you. It feels personal.Growing up, you learned how easy it was to disappear.Not because you weren’t there—but because no one paused long enough to really see you. So you adapted. You became expressive. You became interesting. You became noticeable. Somewhere along the way, attention stopped being something nice to have and became something you relied on.When people react to you, you feel alive.When they don’t, you start questioning yourself.Am I boring? Did I say too much? Did I not say enough?You replay moments in your head. You rewrite conversations. You check your phone one more time, even though you already know there’s nothing new. And when attention finally comes, relief washes over you—temporary, but powerful.You tell yourself you don’t care.But deep down, you care more than you want to admit.Sometimes, you make yourself louder than you actually feel. Other times, you make yourself quieter, hoping someone will notice the change and ask if you’re okay. You don’t do this to manipulate—you do it because you don’t always know how else to ask to be seen.You want to matter without having to perform.And that’s the part that hurts.You get tired—tired of always showing up as a version of yourself that gets reactions. Tired of measuring your worth by responses. Tired of wondering if people like you or just the attention you bring.There are moments—small, honest moments—when you realize this truth: You are not obsessed with attention. You are starving for validation you didn’t always receive.And once you see that, something shifts.You start paying attention to yourself. Your thoughts. Your feelings. Your worth—even when no one else is watching.You’re still learning. You still slip sometimes. You still crave attention on hard days. But now you’re beginning to understand that being quiet doesn’t mean being invisible, and being unseen doesn’t mean being unimportant.You are learning to give yourself the attention you kept asking the world for.And that might be the bravest thing you’ve ever done.

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