Being Looked At Isn't The Same As Being Seen
I definitely had no awareness of it at the time but the underlying reason why I loved to be looked at was because I'd never truly felt seen and so, I couldn't know the difference between the two.
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Chained to Dis-ease: Our Strange Addiction To Familiar Pain
One of my favorite quotes is, "Everybody wants to go to Heaven but nobody wants to die," as I feel like it perfectly encapsulates our preference to remain attached to a known suffering, despite the chance of an unknown joy.
7 Signs You're Secretly In Pain
Years spent committed to convincing others of our invulnerability to pain can lead us to believe this falsehood ourselves, which, in turn, propels us toward self-destructive behaviors. Our disconnection from the reality of pain subconsciously drives us to seek ways to avoid confronting it.