Cries for Attention. - Comments

So you're comparing an involuntary action to something that people choose to do?

he sneezed.
o my gosh! he did that to get attention!
i'm not even going to say bless you.

puh-lees

This is shit. Not everything is a cry for attention
Stop generalizing people.

FAIL.
You tried to be understanging, but it didn't work.
Please, stop "generalizing" things.

Hmmm.... I do disagree. I myself have an eating disorder and self harm due to depression, and i smoke underage. All of that is for myself. And i am quite content with it. The same way you would be about eating five portions of fruit and veg a day.

hmm really
So, If I chose not to eat much, in order to lose the weight that makes me feel horrible all the time....I'm crying out for help?
Maybe you're right about the self harm (cutting etc.) being a cry for help, but someone losing weight by making a lifestyle choice (or, as you put it, eating disorder) isn't asking for help, they are making a freaking lifestyle choice. what's wrong with people wanting to help THEMSELVES?

I don't see how anyone could get mad at this article. It's completely true. Yes I know that people don't want to have those diseases. The diseases are what form from them not knowing how to get help with they're emotions. In the end, they are wanting some sort of attention (and that's not necessarily a bad thing! And, I'm not being discriminatory by saying any of this, because I have experience with all of these things, meaning I have gone through them). So, basically I'm trying to say that I completely agree with this article. =]

You speak words as clear as day.

this is complete bullshit basicly
next your going to say cancer is attenion seeking or some shit like that

Completely opposite to everyone else, I think you're right, actually.

Sure, they may not shove their scars in everyone's faces. But they're still seeking attention, even if they aren't.

It's like, an indirect form of attention seeking. Like someone changing themselves to get someone's attention. Not overnight or anything. Like, the new girl who wants to fit in, so she changes herself to be 'one' with whomever it is she's associating with.

Okay, bad examples.

I'm doing a terrible job at explaining what I think, but I do think you're right.

i disagree with this article completley! I hate it when people think that it's all for attention.

I disagree with This Is An Inragel I think that they really need someone to help them and it's not all an attention seeker I will come out and say it that I cut and I happen to not want like every freaking person that I live with and interact with to know I mean i don't care if you guys know cuz I'll probably never meet you, but I don't think that all of them are searching for attention.

Uh... Yeah... Half of this is true. The other half is just... Not. I know at least three people who cut. Here's the fun part. I had to figure it out onmyown. In fact I don't think one person flaunted their cuts to me. I had to make them admit they had a problem. They already know. Ella cuts, because she happens to have seven siblings and two parents. Her house burnt down. If anything, she wants to be left the hell alone. Shae wanted to forget what was going on in her head and STOP talking about them, so she took to the blade. Ben (yeah I said Ben) took up the razor because he thought it would help him lose weight. I've tried talking to them, and they've all opened up. Doesn't mean any of them stopped because they were talked to. They even got counslors. Just made it worse. So, yeah. Totally seeking attention.

you cant say
that everyone does this
there is no black and white
in these, always and everyone

i have done these things
and still do
but not for attention
i do not flaunt
my shit
like most people do
and want people
to pity them

i have been through so much
i know i have
i know i shouldnt have been
sexually
and emotionally
and physically
abused by my drunk father

i know
i shouldnt have seen
my best friend
and my boyfriend
die
right before my fucking eyes

i shouldnt
have gone through
anything
that i have
but i do
and i did

sometimes
i need
a way to escape
my self

what i do
is only for myself
for my own sick minded
enjoymet
there are no excuses
for my actions
no reasons
really
why i do them
but i do

you cant ever say
that everyone
does this
for attention
because they dont
they dont they dont they dont

Well Medusasarus, crying was what i was doing as well. Crying because i couldn't reach the person who wrote this and give them a good slap.

Everyone has choices in their life, noone is FORCING them to do anything. Using some sop-out excuse like 'my mummy doesnt wuv me' is no excuse for making yourself a Newtown Bicycle, where everyone gets a ride. Free Will people, you do it, you hack the consequences. Wether that means you get called a slut, or an emo, personally it couldn't be further from my mind. If you want attention, fine, go get it. But don't make excuses for why you're doing so.

Woah.
This made me cry : ' [

I get plenty of attention. I am by no means neglected. Nothing traumatic has happened to me. I ought to be normal. I however, abuse prescription medication, cut, etc. I'm diagnosed as majorly depressed by doctors. Half of it really is just chemical - I don't get the right amounts of seratonin. Some of it I hide, (cutting) but a lot of it I do for attention. I used to give myself bruises, starve, all that. And hell fucking yes it was for attention!! I wanted more. I was needy and selfish, and I wanted everyone to look at me and KNOW something was wrong. I'd brag about my highs. If I didn't do it for attention, I wouldn't be telling strangers about it on the internet, right?
I want everyone to look at me, and reassure me that I'm worth something.
But no one ever does. So I try harder. Still, no one cares. I'm pretty sure no one will even read this.
I want people to CARE.

I sorry but, I really don't agree. It's not always for attention. Sex is an act of love, not a cry for help. Duh! Smoking, it wasn't for attention, I did it because I liked to, and drinking and burning were for fun. It was still very well-written. Good-Job!!!!!!

This is a harsh truth.
Harsh, but truth.

I had a 'negative' comment here, but then I thought about it more.

You're completely right.