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Your Need for Approval Is a Symptom, Not the Disease (The Actual Problem Will Shock You)

It's a battle between "the real you" Vs. "the performance you"

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Darshak Rana
Aug 22, 2025
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I was 12 years old, standing backstage at my school's fancy dress competition, wearing a Superman costume my mother had sewn by hand.

She'd worked on it for weeks. Every stitch was perfect. The cape f…

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