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Much difference between ego stroking / need for validation?
If you just want more attention from certain people, does that mean there is a need for constant validation? Or does it just feel good to have your ego stroked?
I tend to believe there is a fine line between attention whore (constant need for validation) and the uber high you get from getting your ego stroked by people you are attracted to. Opinions? Thanks.
Interesting. Perhaps I am pathological. It's not the compliments I'm after though... It's the interaction. Not sure that makes much of a difference.
Perhaps I am just getting conditioned to the high. Kind of like a click/reward/click/reward.
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Yes, I agree with you. The fine line is that in the case of a validation-need, the person is insecure and so wants a validation that upholds and praises him. The ego getting stroked involves a deed that a person already knows is right, and so there is no insecurity or need to prove something to himself. This just means that you want to bask in your own glory.
- micheleLv 71 decade ago
Yes, there is a vast difference between appreciating a genuine compliment (normal) and requiring a constant stream of them merely to maintain your current level of self-esteem (pathological).
~Dr. B.~
- Anonymous1 decade ago
No middle way, you are an attention whore - like those below - or not :D :
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