Posted by Toph on October 8, 2004, at 7:04:07
In reply to Had a revelation this morning, posted by Racer on October 7, 2004, at 16:26:07
This post is kind of deep before I've had my morning coffee, Racer, but I think I can relate to what you're saying. One distinction I'd make is that for me its bad enough that its harder for me to accept positive validation than negative validation when it comes from others, but it is especially bad when the same applies to validation I give myself. In other words it seems difficult to convince myself that I'm OK, but its sure easy to believe when I tell myself that I'm ____(defective, dumb, unattractive, selfish, ...fill in the blank).
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