Are You Suffering From the Fame Disease?
CNN has an article today on “Fame Motive.”
According to some psychologists, it’s a neurological condition that takes our human need for connection and misreads it, in brain synapses, as a need for attention instead.
Psychologist Orville Brim says “The desire for attention may date back to the days of early humans, who lived in small groups. Those who were not approved by a group that protected all of its members would genetically disappear and die off.”
If that sounds more severe than sitting alone in a cafeteria, take heed – it’s only a theory.
And we’d argue that someone like Paris Hilton, left, uses fame much more as an economic success strategy – and a means of snidely acute cultural satire – than some sort of deep emotional gap.
But if you’re experiencing the following symptoms:
*Doing videos in the shower and posting them on Facebook
*Photoshopping US Weekly spreads to make it look like you’re the one with Leighton, not Blake
*Hiding in an attic while setting a balloon loose in your neighborhood
It may be time to get help.
July 17th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
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July 18th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
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July 19th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
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