I think I get that way, yeah. When I'm stuck at home alone doing schoolwork and my wife's working in a different city all week I definitely feel starved for attention. I get attention at school, which is nice, and then I come back to the empty house and try to keep the good feelings going by staying up all night net surfing. I tell myself I do that because I don't want to bother anybody.

I don't know, I think it's a really good question you've brought up. It seems like there's a normal human need for contact, and there's nothing wrong with that, I don't think. It's probably all in how you handle it. Calling or emailing friends seems like a healthy response, while my response of surfing the net for hours probably isn't.