Is doing things for attention always bad?

[Still-alive]

Would you generally say doing things just for the attention is bad?

Can you think of instances where its ok?

Yes doing things for attention is always bad

Often its bad, rare times its ok

Sometimes its bad, sometimes its ok

Rarely is doing things for attention bad, often times its ok

It depends on the behavior you're doing for attention. some are ok while others are not

[petitedollbabee]

I meant to vote for “depends on the behaviour” but accidentally clicked a different option. I don’t believe that doing things for attention is immediately bad, there are instances where it’s understandable, and it’s different for everyone. I hate people who look at someone else’s ‘bad’ behaviour and say “oh they’re just doing that for attention”, as if that’s a crime. There’s often way more to it than just wanting attention. Some underlying cause or basic need that the person is not receiving, resulting in their behaviour.

[IslaTheWitch]

Depends on the behavior and situation.

If person cries for help, because can't make it anymore, its good. Sometimes the way people do it is wrong, but the idea behind can't be better.

If a person just wants others to leave whatever they do and focus on them. For satisfying their needs or ego, it's wrong...

Sorry for being blunt. It's 6:50 a. m., coffee and decency in progress :D

[ChicoFromThe305]

Depends what they do and the amount of attention they want, if it's greed for attention then yes but if for example someone is lonely and seek a bit of attention then it's only human I would assume.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

If I'm sitting in a room full of my friends, and they don't speak to me, I will speak to one of them to crop up a conversation.

[menina]

It depends. If you're trying to get attention for a good cause then it's ok. But if you're doing it because you want all eyes on you, then it's bad.

[Sour-rose]

Wellllll if i'm choking on a peanut, not gonna just sit around and act like I don't need the attention. SO yeah... not always bad

[goaded]

It's not bad to be noticed, just make sure the thing you're doing is making people's lives better, not worse.

[thegreenyogi]

It all the depends on the situation.