That ache inside to be seen true and valued highly, I’ve felt it too. I’ve also tried to better myself in other’s eyes, gain approval, and secure friendships as if to prove to myself that I matter. Isn’t that what we want to be reassured of—what’s beneath our people pleasing tendencies—that we matter?

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