Okay-Most people know them-Show offs or Attention Seekers-some may even know a Narcissist. Personally-I hate them! Honestly,I understand someone who is proud of their ability or whatever but honestly,Trying to show it off whenever they can is just annoying! I know how people can asert ability a little too strongly without realising it-Such as Me-I use words that are too long at times and I'd often babble on about a topic,Stateing statistics,phsycological effects and typical situations on said topics and so on and some people get the impression that im trying to sound smarter than them when Im really not. Im really talking about someone doing a handstand and kart wheel in front of a load of people when its really unnessecery ect. So what you thinking 'bout Show off and Attention Seekers???
It depends really. I'm a "show off" when it comes to subjects I'm good at(math/science/logic)...but I'm not a jerk about it when I do show off or something. I don't go out of my way to constantly seek attention since...there's no point. It really depends on how one decides to be a "show off". You can show off and help people at the same time...kinda like most teachers here. When it's completely unnecessary is when it does get annoying. <<
They're not harming anyone with it, so your hating them is actually quite childish. If they want to display their cartwheeling skills they should go right ahead. They gamble with their own ego: you might get the attention you crave and be a hero, or you might be ignored and fall flat on your face. Whatever suits their fancy. The thing is, they often succeed in gathering a crowd around them (the more talented ones do anyway) so we're all to blame for them still being around.
Hey, if you have bragging rights, then you have the right to brag. I don't mind people who show off. I'll get a little annoyed if they're great at something I'm not (like I hate when people whistle around me because I can't) but meh. Some people like to be in the spotlight, nothing wrong with that. Now if they go out of their way to do it, or try too hard, yeah it can be annoying.
I ignore everyone that brags. If they are just showing you and not showing off about it then thats different, but if they are like "look, i can do this hella good and you cant! HAHA!" then I ignore them. People say I brag by supposedly showing off at school via soccer and breakdancing even though I am just practicing. oh well. I think bragging is a way of boosting yourself higher than anyone else, I dont do that and i dont like people that do that. There is no point in it.
I don't mind people bragging... as long as they don't bother me while their showing off or whatever, then I don't really care.
People who intentionally show off and try to get attention are people who I call self-praisers. I say that they do it only to say 'im better than you' and I say that it is quite childish. People who don't intentionally do it to praise themselves are just trying to get noticed a little. It is not wrong wanting a little attention, it is just annoying when someone does it for self praise and a lot of attention. I personally don't mind if someone shows off a little for some attention, it is just annoying when someone does it for the reaons I have explained.
Uchiha it's OK you'll eventually learn to control it, i'm the same XD I personally know many narcissists but then again thats just Irish society really. They think they have a right to kick up a fuss over themselves, create mayhem that hurts others to make themselves feel good, they believe that everyone feels like them and hence they do not styop to put themselves in other people shoe's they simply continue. I'm sort of friends with one and ever since i started hanging out with him with our friends, if he's mad with one of us he ignores us and doesn't pay any attention and talks behind our backs. He likes me the least i'd say simply because when he tries to play mind games and i push him back, if he tries to slag me, i pose a simple question and he can't answer it, he tries to say stuff behind my back,i say nothing just to show he's not worth talking about. Simple methods in stopping a narcissist. I'm the one he hates most because i stand my ground when he tries to push... I'm the one he hates because encouraged the others to stand their ground... I'm the one he hates because i understand him in and out and it frightens him... Narcissists are ruled by Harmones, what they think they feel in their hearts not thinking at all forgetting that harmones in their blood control them. Instead of using emotion to justify reason they use reason to justify emotion which in all contexts is wrong. They are literally incapable of an in understanding of themselves. They are to be pitied and nothing more because they will never understand others, they only ever think of themselves and they will never give significant sacrifice for anyone or anything. They will never be in a commited relationship, they will have few friends and they will be shunned by those who they felt they did right by because the only persona narcissist does right by is themselves.
Bottom line: Everyone can be a show off and everyone can be a attention seeker in their own way. We all want to have attention and to be part of the spotlight although most people would deny that but in a way everyone does that. Just depends how much or how you seek it. You seek too much of attention and must be the center of attention yeah that's a show off and attention seeker all because they problaby don't want to share the spot light.
I don't think it's that bad. I show off in english all the time because I'm in an on-level class when I should be in AP english, and I know I'm better at writing than everyone else. I mean, Whenever I bring a yoyo to school, I actually like to show off tricks I can do. I also bring my game systems to school... And I tend to brag about all of my game systems, but I don't think I'm annoying about it, because people still love me just as much. So I guess it kind of depends on who it is.
