That's what I used to tell myself, that I liked a little bit of a challenge, that I was constantly in need of stimulation, that I bored easily. That's not it though. I've met people who like "challenges" and who are bored easily and in constant need of stimulation and they have a very different personality from me. They are very confident and secure and bold. I on the other hand am extremely insecure and fearful so I would hazard a guess that it comes from self-esteem issues. My initial hypothesis was that people like me have such low self-esteem that we subconsciously think that anyone who likes us must be ridiculous and that anyone who doesn't like us must be right and therefore valued. Do other people go through this?