" Approval is a lover that will always break your heart ". -Sammy Rhodes
Status thirsty. Money hungry. Willing to do it all for an inch of notoriety. The bigger the need for ego’s inflation, the lower the self-esteem. But don’t tell them that, they’re not ready to hear the truth. Their need for validation is like oxygen. They can’t function without it. Anything is a valid excuse to increase their false sense of power. They live for recognition. Praise is their pusher. So long as they are worth something big in the eyes of others.
Validation nation is a symptom of a society deeply asleep in its own unconscious delusion. People who seek approval will forever be prisoners of the ones they seek validation from. But hey, it’s worth the dopamine rush, isn’t? Display your best facade of conceit. Don’t do things from a place of authenticity - do them from a place of “hey there, look at me!” Rocking it to the eyes of the outside world, yet feeling immensely empty the moment they are alone with themselves. Incapable of realizing that everlasting validation comes from within- not from without.
Don’t blame it on social media, blame it on your addiction to these platforms. You only know yourself through the fake eyes of others. You only fuel your false sense of self-love through how many likes you get. The dopamine rush only lasts so long before you find yourself yearning for more. That’s what happens when you run low on self-validation.
