Imagine a world existing where other people’s values and opinions mattered more than your own. Picture a scenario where your life is always under examination to see whether or not you measure up. Opine the possibility of forcing yourself to fit in with everybody because you are so desperate to maintain their approval. See the…
As a card carrying member of the approval seekers club, I can tell you a few things about the pitfalls of the game. Us approval seekers generally got our start early on trying to persuade some meanie to like us. Once we learned the game we could wield powers over people by making sure everyone…
The world we live in is an approval machine! From birth forward we were all taught suggested behaviors, traits, personality types to help us gain the approval of others. As we matured, we started getting additional messages from the ‘system of things’ on how to continue garnering approval. I suppose it makes sense, in some respects,…