I don't know. I think we could probably all think of times we've at least FELT that way. It might seem like a long stretch, but I was thinking about it, and I think the reason a person might want recognition for something is not because they haven't gotten recognition in the past, but more likely because they were wronged for some reason, and accused of something they feel misjudged by. So they're overcompensating. That's been my experience.

It's actually happened to me once, where I was accused of something that was not representative of who I was. And it kind of ruined my spirit. All I wanted to do was have these people just recognize me for who I was. And I would start sentences like that. But I grew out of it, because it was short-sighted, limited, and frankly immature in the end.

Still, I have sympathy for folks who feel this way. I guess it's just a soft spot having been through something where I was misrepresented. I think that's usually what that's about.