In my own model, people have an emotional need for a certain amount of attention. Once that need however is satisfied, they usually don’t have a strong need for more and thus don’t engage in actions that are just done to get attention.
Interacting with people who do what they are doing just to get attention because they are starved of it instead of having other goals feels shallow.
Another interesting aspect is that in my experience they need for the attention of other people goes down with the ability to give attention to yourself and feel clearly that one exists.
In my own model, people have an emotional need for a certain amount of attention. Once that need however is satisfied, they usually don’t have a strong need for more and thus don’t engage in actions that are just done to get attention.
Interacting with people who do what they are doing just to get attention because they are starved of it instead of having other goals feels shallow.
Another interesting aspect is that in my experience they need for the attention of other people goes down with the ability to give attention to yourself and feel clearly that one exists.