Friends who are Attention Seekers

zoeyzoha24's picture

I hate my friends except one. Okay, well since I don't think you can exactly "hate a friend," I'll say I hate the people I hang out with.

Okay. Let's see why.

One of them is a freaking *bleep*. There's no other way to describe her. She's just a big attention seeker and a compulsive lair. She's obviously just craving attention big time.
Everyday she's all like "I'm so lost!" but she really isn't. She just wants attention and people to say "Aww, feel better" and stuff. She gets too dramatic and it pisses me off. She thinks her parents hate her just because they don't let her go to the mall alot. When you talk to her about your own problems, she just makes this weird high-pitched noise like she doesn't give a damn.
She goes out of her way to get attention ALL THE TIME. At first it was funny, but sometimes it just gets annoying and really obnoxious. The worst part is that she acts like she didn't do anything to provoke the attention when she clearly did. There's no bad attention...even if the source is a skeezy guy, who cares, as long as he looks at her. And then she has this bragging problem that just...ugh.

WHAT SHALL I DO? I can't cope with this anymore! She always lies about everything, she once told me she had a BRAIN TUMOR and got hit by 4 cars. WHY is she like this?

asmaw's picture

everyone has some kind of insecurities that they cover up, even me, but it doesn't mean you should hate them...sometimes people really can't help how they are.

“You cannot wean away an addict from the drug. It is not possible for me to walk away from Ranjha. If it is our destiny to be together then who, other than God, can change it?”
she's a spaceman, no walker, dreamer...maybe

zoeyzoha24's picture

Yes your absolutely right. I totally agree with you. Thank you for responding.

wombels's picture
Member of the Progressive U Alumni Association

Lol, this is one funny post!

I believe she is very much like this because she probably never had enough parental affection during her childhood.

She is surely troubled by an identity crises which might easily grow out of proportion, anyhow, she will hit a wall sooner or later, making her to go through a whirlpool of emotional pain.

The first one she might hit might not be that intensive an experience, but we all come across walls which hit us right of our feet!

There’s nothing much you can do, but await until she goes frontal head first!

Other than that, if she is not a suicidal type, you could fancy to tell her straight in her face, but in a nice and genuine way, you’re sorry!

Bye bye, EXIT!

It will take some moths, maybe years, but she will get back to you when changed!

Knowing and understanding why you left in the first place.

Maybe there are some deeper issues involved, but I cannot figure those out with so little information…

Good luck, to her too…

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mai's picture

since you used to think it was funny, this might maker her persist with the behavior, u need to bring her to a safe, confidential place and tell her clearly, flat out, constructively (without sarcasm that might blur the truth, and you dont want to embarrass her) that what she is doing is not healthy for herself, her friends, or ya'lls relationship. Find out what the root of the problem is, I dont know but perhaps if she can focus her energies on helping others it will help her to take the focus off herself and in the long run help her see where she fits in the universe and in her community. What she's struggling with is growing up, and that's not an easy transition to make. People handle it in different ways, she needs to find a better method.

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turtlesuds's picture
Volunteer for the Progressive U Alumni Association

a cry for help.

Your "friend" might not be a liar, but might have learned to laugh and minimize her own pain because that is how her parents responded to her.

Many times people become "overdramatic" because real things happened to them that people who should have cared about under-reacted to.

Be careful about assuming anything. If you are her friend, and care at all, take her claims seriously. Really dive in and ask her as if you are very concerned. If she is "faking" she will have a hard time lying when being confronted on a serious level.

Bring up taking legal action and such. Act as if every one of her claims is absolutely true. what would you do? Share with her. If she is lying, it will freak her out and she will shrink away from you. In that case, good. Otherwise, you are being a real friend.

Even if she is lying about things she says are currently happening, chances are this is because some real trauma happened to her that she herself cannot accept. Either way, it is always best to take such things at face value, and act accordingly.

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zoeyzoha24's picture

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading everyone's responses. I was able to work around the problem with the advise you've all have given me and I thank you for that.

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