Emotional validation

Emotional invalidation is one of the most harmful things we can experience, especially as adoptees and children in care. Being told that our feelings are ‘too much’ or ‘don’t matter’ only deepens the wounds we’re already carrying. Every emotion is valid, even if it makes others uncomfortable. Our experiences and feelings deserve to be acknowledged, not dismissed. Let’s create spaces where adoptees feel safe to express themselves without judgment. #EmotionalValidation #YourFeelingsMatter…

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Emotional validation is an important component of healthy relationships and a skill you can learn and improve. Find out how to practice it.

Giving up my healing fantasy of emotional rescue and learning to give myself the validation I always needed.

It’s natural to seek validation from others. As social beings, we crave recognition and acceptance; this acknowledgement often provides a sense of emotional safety and psychological well-being.⁣ ⁣ However, when we rely too heavily on validation from others, we risk becoming trapped in a cycle of people-pleasing and superficial gratification. Our actions become contingent on other people’s reactions or approval, and we validate our existence through them. This unhealthy pattern starves the…