Embracing Self-Worth: Shedding the Need for Approval

When people used to treat me poorly, it would make me cling harder to them. I would think like, I need to work harder. I need to be funnier. I need to be nicer. I need to make these people like me. And now it’s like, I don’t want to make anyone like me. I don’t want to feel like I’m performing. If you don’t naturally respect me or like me or love me or care for me, I don’t want you to. I don’t want to feel like I have to go out of my way and be something that I’m not for you to want me around.