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  2. Apr 25, 2020 · Fame can result in you feeling the need for more personal space, it can also add emotional stress and unrealistic expectations from the audience, even while providing you with benefits such as exposure. This leads celebrities to find ways to balance and deal with it either positively or negatively.

  3. Jan 22, 2021 · It’s a generally accepted notion that for an individual to hit celeb status, they have achieved fame among a significant group of people who admire them for their talents and ability to...

  4. Oct 28, 2009 · A new book says the proportion of Americans whose primary motive is fame hasn't changed; Fame seeking may come from need to belong, be accepted in a group

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    "The lure of adoration is attractive, and it becomes difficult for the person to imagine living without fame. One participant said, 'It is somewhat of a high,' and another, 'I kind of get off on it.' One said, 'I’ve been addicted to almost every substance known to man at one point or another, and the most addicting of them all is fame.'”

    "As the attention becomes overwhelming and expectations, temptations, mistrust, and familial concerns come to the fore, the celebrity resolves to accept fame, including its threatening phenomenal aspects. 'You learn to accept it,' one celebrity said. After a while, celebrities report that they come to see that fame is 'just so much the will-o’-the-...

    "Only after accepting that 'it comes with the territory' can the celebrity adaptively navigate fame’s choppy waters. 'Once you’re famous,' a participant said, 'you don’t make eye contact or you keep walking . . . and you just don’t hear [people calling your name].' Adaptive patterns can include reclusiveness, which gives rise in turn to mistrust an...

  5. Oct 16, 2020 · Fame, more than wealth, is about social validation, and that fact underscores the sad irony that people who crave it are likely to feel isolated and alienated from others. Like a performer's...

  6. Apr 19, 2024 · Whether you're a celebrity, a politician, a MySpace star, or a well-known author, you might be uncomfortable with being in the public eye. Fame comes with lots of challenges and responsibilities that can be addressed by preserving a strong...

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  7. Oct 3, 2019 · Dr Rockwell and Dr Giles identified four phases of fame: period of love/ hate, addiction, acceptance and, finally, adaptation. Some celebrities, like tragic, traumatised Kurt Cobain, never seem to make it past the love/ hate phase.

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