I recognize my personal thinking pattern in your situation. My brother can be very mean sometimes but still, when he says something to me it gets to me more than it would if the same thing is said by someone else. I think it has to do with respect. I respect my brother because he’s smart, everyone knows he is. Therefore, when he says: good job Regi! it feels better than when anyone else would say: good job Regi.

If you find out how to change that, please tell me 😉 but like anita mentioned, it’s part of human nature. What I think is that this need of approval from certain people has a direct link with the amount of respect you feel for them.

Regi