I think maybe sometimes people that are constantly gossiping,stirring up drama and focusing on other people do so in order to avoid taking a look at(or facing) themselves,their own issues and problems.

I have a sibling that's like that.She seems happiest when she is gathering info about other people,goes around town purposely seeking out others just to get dirt from them.Then she repeats it to whoever will listen,changing the stories,adding things,leaving things out.Sometimes she will take one simple fact,one word or one sentence she hears and create her own story to go along with it and tell it as a true story.She has caused so many problems for so many people,myself included.I have had so many arguments with her over this because it's so hurtful and damaging.

I realize though,she does this as a way to avoid her issues,the past,the present,etc.It's more like a coping mechanism for her and I don't even think she realizes it.As long as she's so focused(obsessed) on everyone else she doesn't have to face her own truth and her own reality.And I think talking so bad about other people,making them look so horrible, makes her,and her own life not seem so bad.

I have cut her out of my life.Sometimes I regret it and miss her but being around her isn't worth all the chaos and drama that goes along with having her in my life.