Outside Validation

 

It's good that you recognize that you are giving others way too much power over your life and want to fix that. People that rely on others for their self worth become either sad or angry. If they are introverted they become sad. If they are extroverted they become angry. Whether you are sad or angry, you become a victim. Victims have no power. You are giving others power over you. It's like you gave them the remote control to your emotions and letting them pick the channels.

You do this surprisingly, because you think about yourself too much. this is not a criticism. You need to become goal oriented to change from this way of thinking. You care about your goal.