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validation

  1. Gerald Wilgus

    Best approach needed.

    As you know I have been undergoing therapy for PTSD stemming from social and sexual isolation experienced as a teen and young adult. Right now I am resistant to being triggered but still have some unresolved issues waiting to ambush me. Because I am secure in my accomplishments, I have never...
  2. sisselcakes

    ASD/NT relationships - NTs need for validation

    Okay, everyone. I need your input. Have you run into the issue of NTs needing "validation"? I'll tell you why I ask. My ex (still friend) and I broke up and went back and forth for 10 months before realizing we needed to cut it out. It's emotionally exhausting. I told him, and he agreed, that...
  3. Aspychata

    Addicted to Approval

    What do you think about needing constant validation, something that has been caused in our past as a result of: poor family upbringing,physical abuse, neglect, emotional abuse, generally unloving parents, broken relationships (love, friends). Does this effect you or someone you know? Do we...
  4. Chris Russell (The Talentless Liar) Blog

    The hits keep coming

    So, has the bubble burst? Has my new-found validity run out of steam? Met its match? Died a death? The answer is most assuredly: No. Indeed, I have put it to the test. I have thrown everything I can think of at it: There have been social events, stressful health issues, concerns about the...
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