I Spent Years Chasing Validation (Here's What It Cost Me)

Описание: I made this video because I’ve spent a lot of my life chasing external validation without really realizing that’s what I was doing. I tied my self-worth to being good at things and getting approval from other people. When that was there, I felt okay. When it wasn’t, I felt like I was nothing.

Growing up in a toxic environment made that worse. I learned early on to look outside myself for validation, and over time it turned into constant comparison and this pressure to always perform well. Even when I cared about something or was genuinely good at it, one setback or bad moment was enough to make me feel like a failure.

In this video, I talk about how you can start noticing when your self-worth is tied to how others see you. If you feel like you’re only valued when you’re doing well, you'll probably relate to this.

Thanks for watching, and for being here at the start of this channel. I really appreciate it.

00:00 How approval became my self-worth
01:46 The environment that kept reinforcing it
02:38 Why Performance-Based Worth Fails
03:09 How to tell if you're stuck chasing validation


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