I definitely do some things for attention and I hate myself so much when I realize that's what I'm doing. I never start out intentionally seeking at least... Just today I did such a thing, only to realize about half way through what I was doing. I wanted that person to say he cared about me. He didn't. By the time I noticed what I was doing I was committed to being a monster, so I just kept going until conversation naturally died off. I still didn't get what I was hoping out of it either, all I did was hurt the person and myself by acting that way.

I don't think it makes us bad people to want validation. I think what's bad though is when we hurt people because of this need or even hurt ourselves. Sometimes it goes too far. We need to try to be aware of it and not hurt people or ourselves in an attempt to satisfy this need. It's easier said than done sometimes though, especially when we're so emotionally driven and can't think as logically.