Does anyone like being center of attention or obnoxious?

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I hate being center of attention. I also actively avoid it, like someone above had said.

I can be a bit obnoxious though, at times. plus, I never realise I was being rude until after the fact.

I don't even like the kind of attention that most people would crave. I don't like being praised for anything I do, especially publicly. It feels awkward and uncomfortable.
Most of my attention avoiding takes place at work, since I don't like going out at all. But thanks to this stupid "corporate culture" touchy-feeling do-anything-but-actual-work crap that every company in the US is so enamoured with, I am CONSTANTLY fighting to stay off the radar.
Just today I had to sit through a marketing meeting/presentation and for our lunch break, they made us split into groups and come up with marketing ideas. It was hell. Mind you, I'm not in marketing, know nothing about marketing, I NEVER have ANY contact with a customer. Today was just a complete waste of my time and their money and the only thing they did was give me one big long panic attack for the day.
Sorry...turned into a bit of a rant there....

I am like that and for that I need to socialize a bit but am so lost with trying to meet people and not knowing how to do it, that I think I might ahve to give up.

Wow I'm thinking of giving up too!! !! Sure I could just be myself and go on with my life etc. but IMO doing that you'll come out of your shell have bad behavior (get fired etc. whatever) then go back into your shell rinse and repeat IMO I'm at a crucial stage in life I finally understand I don't want that repetition so I'm wanting to try to learn about my behavior bit by bit instead of screwing up again. Also my behaivor has upset Family,friends,students,teachers,coworkers,bosses so I can understand the whole wanting to give up idea.

hin gis I don't want to give up, I feel that it may be an inevitable step in my life, as it seems like I'm just not fit for meeting other people.

Sometimes if I am in a bad mood I become the center of attention because I get outspoken, this usually occured at jobs when I would become stressed out over silly and minor things. I have a bad perfection issue and ake everything sometimes too seriously.

I would then hate how I felt drawing the attention and try to 'remember' to not be so outspoken about my thoughts to not draw attention, it's just not my character but i never did it intentionally.

Sometimes I try to grab attention if I am around females, but that's different. If I don't say anything at all then there is a small chance they have the chance to like me. So I show them my character, eh....

Like others have said, I feel really uncomfortable with receiving praise and things like that, but I do like being the center of attention in some situations. I think it's really to cope with the fact that most people don't seem to like me, so I try to make myself in some way important so they have a reason to like me. Does that make sense at all?

Yeah that makes sense... Doesn't quite work out that way though generally...

Yeah, it definitely doesn't :/