My cousin. Urgh, she’s not such a bad person but such an attention seeker and it’s wearing thin. I think I need to distance myself from her. She’ll do something kind for someone then create multiple social media posts with sad music and overly dramatic captions, all with the intention of having people say ‘stay strong, that’s so sad, you’re so great, you’re so amazing…’ blah blah blah. She ‘forgets’ to mention any of the other people involved who just did it to be kind without receiving any praise or publicity.
She constantly tells anyone who’ll listen that her life is so hard, she struggles so much, when it’s no harder than anybody else’s. in fact, she’s very lucky in many ways. I can normally take her in small doses but I’ve had to spend more time with her recently and I need to get this off my chest. ‘You’re not a victim, you’re not a martyr, you choose to do these things, they’re not forced on you, there’s actually lots of us doing these things without the need for attention, enough of the pity seeking nonsense’.
And please don’t say mental health to me, lots of people have genuine mental health problems. she just loves being the centre of attention and the martyrdom clearly works for her. It has done for many years now.