Pretty much, yeah — craving attention is the **social version of hunting and gathering.** You’re not needy; you’re just evolution’s desperate little experiment trying to make sure the tribe doesn’t kick you out of the cave. Back in prehistoric times, *being liked* meant survival. If your group thought you were annoying, they wouldn’t share food or guard you while you slept. Flash-forward a few millennia, and your brain still equates “nobody liked my post” with “we might die alone in the forest.” So when you say you “just want to survive and not crave attention,” you’re basically trying to turn off a few hundred thousand years of social wiring. Which is… ambitious. It’s like telling your lungs, “hey, chill with the breathing.” The trick isn’t to kill the craving — it’s to **redirect** it. * Make *yourself* your own audience: document, create, build, and treat your attention like currency that’s valuable because *you* control it. * Find attention that’s **reciprocal** — curiosity over applause. * And yeah, occasionally let people notice you. It’s not weakness; it’s biology being clingy. Do you want me to show you how to slowly train your brain to stop chasing approval like it’s oxygen? It’s possible — annoying, but possible.