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<blockquote data-quote="TheWalrus" data-source="post: 677617" data-attributes="member: 19905"><p>This sounds like attention seeking behavior to me. Using other people's tragedies to get attention for herself. Had this woman not been dying, would she have reached out to her? Called her? Asked to meet/visit/get to know her? No. But now she can use this woman's death to fan the social media flames of "poor ME, look what happened to ME, feel sorry for ME." </p><p></p><p>Did she want to go be with the rest of her family who was mourning this woman's passing? Share in their grief? See how they were doing? I am betting not. That would be an inconvenience...unless it would get her out of school or get more attention for herself, or both.</p><p></p><p>From my understanding, this is a GD, correct? Which means parents aren't in or are limited in her life? She may have a sense of abandonment, and children who feel abandoned often engage in attention-seeking behaviors to fill the void of where the attention from missing parents should be. Add the hormones, immaturity, and typical dramatics of teenagers and they can have some major over-reactions if it will point attention back to themselves. Does she often seem to over-react to get attention? </p><p></p><p>Just some thoughts...I wouldn't let it make me question myself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheWalrus, post: 677617, member: 19905"] This sounds like attention seeking behavior to me. Using other people's tragedies to get attention for herself. Had this woman not been dying, would she have reached out to her? Called her? Asked to meet/visit/get to know her? No. But now she can use this woman's death to fan the social media flames of "poor ME, look what happened to ME, feel sorry for ME." Did she want to go be with the rest of her family who was mourning this woman's passing? Share in their grief? See how they were doing? I am betting not. That would be an inconvenience...unless it would get her out of school or get more attention for herself, or both. From my understanding, this is a GD, correct? Which means parents aren't in or are limited in her life? She may have a sense of abandonment, and children who feel abandoned often engage in attention-seeking behaviors to fill the void of where the attention from missing parents should be. Add the hormones, immaturity, and typical dramatics of teenagers and they can have some major over-reactions if it will point attention back to themselves. Does she often seem to over-react to get attention? Just some thoughts...I wouldn't let it make me question myself. [/QUOTE]
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