{UAH} Uganda: Seeking Attention - You Might Be Sick

Uganda: Seeking Attention - You Might Be Sick

By Eseri Watsemwa

You post revealing pictures of you half naked on social media with eye-popping captions.

You provoke everyone into an argument and you somehow leave as the winner.

You are that person who will choke if you spent a minute seated somewhere quite or doing something more rewarding.

Be not mistaken, you are an attention seeker and experts warn you might be sick.

Belinda (not real name), Sharon Nakkazi shares, never settles on anything. If she is not making calls or typing away on her computer then she is moving about.

Never mind that she is a bad worker whose tasks are usually half done despite looking busy all the time.

"If you ask me what she looks for, I cannot tell. She is not entirely the gossip type but always finds something to talk about with everyone," Nakkazi, who works with Belinda, says.

"For instance if she found you talking to someone, she would definitely butt in."

Belinda could be an attention seeker because even if everyone is busy she will find it so comfortable to bellow out loudly, "has everybody had breakfast?"

"You wonder why Belinda, who is not a tea girl, would suddenly be worried about the entire office not having breakfast. She gets extremely restless and will wear out everyone around," Nakazzi says.

With her six-inch heels, she will move about drawing attention from whoever cares. Indeed she loves the attention to the extent that she will interrupt a conversation that she knows nothing about.

Wide effect

But Belinda is not alone here; there are lots of people out there who will do anything to attract attention.

They will dress inappropriately or move about aimlessly and post eye-popping stuff on social media.

But this could be a disorder, which as experts describe is an attention-deficit or hyperactivity disorder.

Raymond Odokonyero, a psychiatrist, defines attention-deficit or hyperactivity disorder as a brain disorder which could manifest during childhood.

It presents itself with a pattern of inattention or hyperactivity-impulsivity, which interferes with development.

In this case, Odonkonyero says, such people wander off tasks, are often disorganised and have difficulty staying focused.

In other words, most people with the disorder love attention but can barely pay attention to themselves and what they do.

Hyperactivity, he explains, will make someone move about constantly including making hasty decisions without thinking about the consequences.

Gwokto La'Kitgum

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