Rob, you're making blanket statements, sort of.
Lots of people do it to 'see why would care'. That bugs me. But the times when I have caught someone with gashes that they cover up (wearing wristbands, long sleeves, or sometimes they do it in other places, :gbk:)
It makes me sad and I have to deal with lots of people around me doing it. Particularly girls. When I talk to them about it, they say that they can kind of get a release, and instead of feeling emotional pain, they can kind of work out their frustration through physical pain. I got one girl to start doing pushups instead and now her **** are more perky and she is happy, so it has improved my scenery, and her life.
That is how I can tell the difference. If they tell me they feel like noone sees them, or they want to see who will care when they see the scars, those are the attention whores. If they hide the cuts and I confront them and they talk about emotional release and the like, I generally take them more seriously.
Epstein didn't kill himself.