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“For years mental health professionals taught people that they could be psychologically healthy without social support, that “unless you love yourself, no one else will love you.”…The truth is, you cannot love yourself unless you have been loved and are loved. The capacity to love cannot be built in isolation”

Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. – “The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog” (via

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Pretty much my biggest gripe with my first psychologist. I could not generate validation on my own, since validation comes from some sort of consensus.

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Oh my god I love this.

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We also learn self-confidence through the validation of others.  You learn to trust your own abilities through the repeated confirmation from someone you trust and look up to that you are doing things right and handling tasks and situations in an appropriate, competent manner.


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