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I see people say this on HN a lot. And even people saying they have the same behavior but with the opposite impetus, like one of my comment's siblings.

I think it's more likely that praise had little to do with your behavior, and you would've been the same regardless. I think it's tempting to backsplain our behavior with things we happen to remember from our past.

For example, pretty much everyone struggles with their own attention span and learning new things.