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Originally Posted by e_sort
you're right. yet i'm always tempted. partly i think it's objectively interesting and i think other people will be interested. or it would make me interesting. but honestly you're right. the only good that can come of it is, what, attention for me? and there's such a thing as bad attention.
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i agree with you, it is very tempting, especially when you are at the "height" of an obsession or compulsion, and it is occupying your mind tremendously. i find that more than likely, no one really wants to hear my tales of my latest obsession or compulsion. i'f i'm lucky, they will say "phil, you're obsessing!" if not, they'll yell at me.
so i do my utmost to keep it reserved only for trained professionals. you are absolutely spot on e_sort, there is indeed such a thing as "bad" attention.
actually, as an addendum to this, i find the majority of people don't want to hear anything about
any mental illness! ESPECIALLY on some online forums i have been a member of that were not mental health related. i find when i start talking about my symptoms too much on a non-mental health related forum, i am asking for trouble. BIG TROUBLE if i don't catch it in time.