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Post by swankivy on May 13, 2011 22:03:16 GMT -5
Look at Me!
How do you feel about being the center of attention? Would your answer to that question change depending on whose attention it is and whether they're familiar?
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Post by blondiviolette on May 14, 2011 2:30:50 GMT -5
I personally hate being the centre of attention, so much so in fact that a friend once said to me, "You hate being the centre of attention, don't you?" - haha. I like everyone to have the opportunity to have attention and that it is shared around. I don't like going places and one person sucks up the attention span of the entire room for a prolonged/lengthy period of time as though they are god-like, it makes me feel as if everyone else seems think each other is irrelevant and it feels weird like being around a celebrity or something. For example, a particular group outing had one person who came late to the meetup, I didn't know who she was though, and suddenly all the attention was on her, people were smiling and laughing at her and I didn't like how I tried to talk to this other girl that was there and she just basically did that thing where people acknowledge you've spoken to them very breifly by just doing a smug little smile and nodding a little as they turn away or sometimes being sarcastic with something you've said like "Oh YEAH!" or whatever and turned all her attention to that girl who everyone thought was amazing as if I just wasn't worth of speaking to. When it's a group thing I don't see why attention can't be shared around, and in a two or three person/however many people outing, attention should be shared equally, it's just no good otherwise. So to sum it all up, I don't see any particular reason to be the centre of attention, I might be someone's centre of attention while we're speaking and they are my centre of attention, but not an exclusive 'hey you're so cool everyone's gonna surround you now' thing, truly if anyone had to be that person I'd rather it be someone else, it can be good in some circumstances like a particular event or something/something great has happened to a specific person, but generally I just like everyone to interact together and none of this exclusivity stuff.
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Post by Catriona on May 14, 2011 12:22:10 GMT -5
It depends on the context - normally it makes me uncomfortable, but if it`s for a play (and I can remember my lines) it`s great to be the centre of attention. If the people are friends and family it`s not quite as uncomfortable but I still don`t attempt to be the centre of attention. I contribute to a conversation and all, but the attention is distruibuted more or less equally throughout the group, which I am much more comfortable with.
Great webcomic!
I found it through TV Tropes.
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Post by SHO! on May 22, 2011 16:03:02 GMT -5
Weird, I remember answering this but my reply isn't here. Mark II:
I prefer not to be the center of attention unless I have a reason. My comfortable zone is in the background and ABSOLUTELY without eyes on me. I'm nothing of an exhibitionist in anyway and mostly prefer a voyeuristic view of the world. In layman's terms, if I had abilities like Professor X I would stay hooked up to Cerebro all day every day just looking at people all over the world. I would be Big Brother and I would be watching (in fact, Big Brother was maybe the only reality show I could tolerate season after season).
Now if I actually have something to say, if I need to convey information or some kind of message then I seem to excel at being the center of attention. Any time I've had to give a public speech or presented in front of an audience I've dreaded the approach of the event right up to my name being called. Then I'd get up there and completely OWN the audience. I've always done very very well in those situations.... but still felt relief when it was all over.
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