After a few therapy sessions, and watching conversations, I have found that people in my generation have this abnormal tendency to seek approval externally. This is normal to some degree, but the issue with external approval is if you go out seeking this approval every time you feel a little down you become reliant on it. Like if you are lost in the wilderness and you use matches to make a fire; at first this might work great but, with time, the more you rely on the matches the worse it works. You can't build a bon fire on matches alone; you need to find your own inner love and worth to build a great fire. You need to know what kind of kindling makes good self-esteem, and that is something I have struggled with for the last 5 years, and I am only now learning to build my own fire.
