I keep telling myself I don't do it for the credit, but I'm starting to see how much I actually crave being seen. When a project I carried gets no acknowledgment, something in me curdles for days. I'm noticing how badly I need the recognition, and how quietly its absence eats at me.
More people experience this than they realize.
You're realizing how much you need to be recognized and how its absence wears you down.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.