#Approval

[arianiziolek]

The only one who cares. Like, REALLY! Nobody said a thing, I'm so angry at them. You must now I got romance with Shadowheart and she was like "nah, meh! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ if they die, they die". This was the very moment where I fell for Minthy with all my heart.

[succulentsiren]

Stop giving away your power by letting what others think of you, define you. People’s perceptions of you hold no value unless you allow it. If you don’t agree with how others see you, create you own narrative and start defining yourself.

Shift your mindset from needing validation, to knowing who you are. Don’t walk into the room thinking “I wonder what they think of me.” Walk into the room thinking “I don’t mind what they think of me. I know who I am. I am the best.”

And sure, this mindset may seem like arrogance but it is far better than craving approval or trying to explain yourself to others.

You can either give your power away by depending on the approval of others or you can free yourself, become the main character and perceive yourself the way you desire.

[nando161mando]

Just sayin

[furiousgoldfish]

If you are motivated by a mix of these, pick the one that is strongest, I didn't have enough options to list more mixes, but it generally is mixed, people do have more than one motivator.

[thepersonalwords]

If they don't like you for who you are, it means they're not meant to be in your life.

Izey Victoria Odiase

[grickle14]

A sea of judgement. 

[hellyeahscarleteen]

For things to really change, you will also have to start to let go of wanting their approval so badly. I know it can sound weird to think strategically like this with family, but if they can tell you're really hungry for it, you give them a pretty easy in to control or manipulate you. Caring less about our parents approval is part of our development into adults, but that doesn't mean it happens automatically or easily. This is just another one of these things, like setting boundaries, where you start working on it, and it will become easier over time. I'd also try and remember that approval and support aren't the same thing. If all we've ever gotten is approval or disapproval, we may have approval confused with support (or go for approval because we feel that's the only way we'll get something resembling support), but I assure, you, they're very different. Support feels better and is more substantial and meaningful than approval. Support also tends to come with far fewer conditions than approval. Often, when we want approval very badly, what we actually want is support, which can happen with or without approval, and is a lot more emotionally nourishing than approval can ever be. Odd as it may sound, when we let go of seeking approval with people, that's usually how we find out who really is or isn't going to give us support.

Heather, from Parental Controls

[mapsontheweb]

Global Leadrs Approval Rating

by brasilemmapas

[clairedelune-13]

At first, I was one of those people that didn’t like the criticism of “It’s a bad DA game” but upon some serious reflection on what I personally think of when I think “Dragon Age”, I changed my mind.

It is a bad DA game.

And mostly due to the fact that they more or less got rid of the approval system.

Inquisition and Origins have the same system, save for a few altercations.

Dragon Age 2 had the Rivalry/Friendship.

But all of them had a sense that I had to actually try to gain their favor or disfavor.

Veilguard’s “approval” only goes up…

Why does it only go up?

What’s the point if you can’t earn their disapproval?

“Hardened” doesn’t even mean anything.

Sure, you can’t romance Lucanis but when he goes that route, he becomes a non-entity.

The bond system is useless. There’s no challenge. I don’t feel satisfied when I get a “bond increase” because it only ever goes up and never down.

[lilithnights02]

The seduction of innocence is the sweetest power

[questionable-idea]

Platonically cradling your face in my hands telling you you're beautiful just the way you are

[chamsymondraws]

Does Law Approve?

or does he not?

Sketch #25 I just wanted to draw cute kid Law

[shadz420]

Red team Carolina is one of my favs tbh. It was actually rlly fun drawing her:D Don’t mind my wash design, cause I’m still workshopping it:p

[crmsnmth]

Approval

I used to really look for your approval.

I used to look for it, like those old hidden picture books Except in this, I was a Waldo page without the Waldo I just wanted you to be happy with me for once To tell me good job, or even a nod of appreciation

I spent a long time looking for it

I slowly started to understand what I just couldn't see You never felt the things you said you did for me And I couldn't read the lines you wrote in lipstick on the mirror The steam of the bathroom melted the red down And now my mirror looks like a crime scene

I just wanted myself to be enough

I dragged pieces of me deep down into the abyss That black hole created deep within my stomach that spits all of it back into my brain growing tumors made from my own insecurity I'll do whatever you tell me, as long as you pretend you love me I guess I just wasn't enough

But I broke free

Your opinion now means very little to me I opened my own eyes and found myself hiding there shaking and malnourished I let him take my jacket and now I'm me again and I can finally say

I don't need your approval

[donotdestroy]

"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it."

— John Ruskin