Signs of unhealthy approval-seeking

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Most people think the goal is to stop caring what people think.

It isn’t.

Some need for approval is normal—and even healthy. The problem is when approval becomes the fuel that keeps you functioning… and the moment it’s missing, you crash.

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But I do care.