It's not so much needing approval, but that other's thoughts of you are like a funhouse mirror. It's a way you never thought to see yourself, a warped way, or a way that may be more true to the actual object... but still a grain of truth to all of it.
I do pay attention to what others say about me. But that does not mean that I care too much or too little about it. It can be a good gage for not who you are but how you are perceived. A real eye opener.
But to care too little is to live a self-absorbed lie. To care too much is to disregard your own experience.
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I am The Mighty Cooch!!!!!!
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