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RE: Living With Mindfulness: It is not Always About YOU!
Black hole seems like a more accurate way to describe these types of people. This is where that "listening to reply" thing comes in. Feels like a self absorbed competition if anything, where the situation is harder for the person, and making every story circle back to them.
I feel that even more so now with technology embracing personalized experiences and indivuality, people want ways to stand out more, even if it's not in a healthy manner. For me, it's a deal breaker when hanging out with someone.
I'm sure you're right @shello-- the "Attention Economy" of our modern times has an inherently narcissistic element to it that tends to lead people on a path of everything being a story about them. When you add in part wounds and psychological damage, it just becomes that much more intense.
Ah! Attention economy is a great way to explain it. Society, and media tell us that being about yourself, and self love is okay, but as you previously stated- old wounds can make a person use these perceptions in a negative, more self serving way. Thank you again for your posts, they are all interesting and rather thought provoking c: