Hi miliMeow,

I’ve only just seen your post, that’s why the delay… I believe that when we want to prove our point (like you do in online arguments), it may come from wanting external approval. Like, you don’t feel good about yourself otherwise, and you need to win an argument in order to feel better about yourself.

Maybe for you it’s not so much about external approval, as much as the need to feel better than the other person (I won, you lost!). It could stem from your childhood, where you perhaps felt you’re always losing arguments, or were bullied, or something like that?