>>13219364Strict rules, yes, however reinforcement of those rules should be by reciprocal reward structures and by a general punishment system or optional individual established punishment. Sort of like if a newcomer joined and said "you can hit me with this stick whenever I don't conform to X". That way the feedback mechanism of maintaining boundaries and limits AKA reason for the rules in the first place experiences a healthy growth and fasting cycle.
Most labels people use, such as schizophrenic or bipolar, are simply makeshift reasons for the labelled to have shunning practices applied. If people use labels it is because they are saying "I cannot communicate effectively with you because to my perspective you have these labels". At that point whether or not you are willing to educate them about their label application, the label itself, or if they are simply wanting to engage in emotional masturbation that has nothing to do with sharing productive moments, is up to the interaction and the parties involved. It is about advertising boundaries and limits of understanding between members and healthy signals of exploration and expansion of established awareness.
As for psycho-hierarchy I'd agree but at some point hierarchy is the ruleset some group adheres to because it provides processing offload which enables them to focus on presetablished preferences to the moment.
>Attention whoringThat depends on whether or not your internal boundaries are sufficiently and effectively established. If not then of course it becomes problematic. Being a whore in and of itself isn't a problem however the problem of excess arises in being the description or opinion or impulse of another/others. It is essentially about how much attention you the individual can handle and how defined your "return to base or refueling depot" discipline is.
You may be conflating attention glutton and attention whore though. A glutton always regrets, a whore knows they have to translate attention.