Dear Inquisitive Soul:

You are welcome. Yes, that’s why you always felt a strong need to prove yourself to others, to prove that you are useful/ of value to others. For a human/ social animal, the individual and the group (the others) are two sides of the same coin- one side does not exist independently of the other. No matter how much you (or I) may want to not care about what others think/ feel about you – you can’t help caring, to one extent or another, because.. you are a social animals.

You have the term “self-worth” in the title of your thread. An individual human being cannot feel self-worth unless the individual is truly and thoroughly valued by at least one other human being.

Please do nose around this theme and post again anytime.

anita