Everyone has a basic human need for social interaction! We all want to be noticed and to feel loved. The quantity and quality of these needs may differ from person to person, but they are universal.
Focus on yourself! There's absolutely no need to compare with others. The search and satisfaction of emotions should be based on your own feelings.
It's so important to remember that everyone's desires and needs are different. There's absolutely no need to compare your own needs for emotional fulfillment horizontally or vertically! People naturally have different emotional needs at different stages of growth. This difference is similar to the fact that breast milk is a basic need for life for a newborn baby, but for someone like Empress Dowager Cixi, it is for beauty and youth. At different stages, the emotions needed naturally differ, and even for the same emotion, the weight and degree of need are not the same at different stages of growth.
And there's no need to compare yourself to others! Your emotional needs are very personal and closely related to your upbringing and cognitive thinking.
This is why it's so important to recognize that everyone is different!
Keep up those normal social interactions while also cultivating self-improvement!
Because of the vast differences between individuals, we have the opportunity to place our own expectations of fulfillment in others, which will lead to all kinds of enriching experiences. Interpersonal relationships are about learning from each other. On the premise of shared interests or benefits, people seek a greater sense of enrichment. Therefore, it is normal to feel that one's own demands are rejected or cannot be met by others, but this is an opportunity to grow and learn!
Adjusting your expectations is the key to avoiding constant disappointment!
When you can't get what you want, it's time to look within yourself! This isn't an escape, but a return to the essence of interaction. When we are at peace within, no matter who is around us, life will be a icing on the cake after peace. If we have a gap within ourselves, and instead of healing ourselves, we hope to fill it with the outside world, we'll find that the result is a constant process of withdrawing and inserting, or friction from the fusion of our own immunity with foreign substances from the outside world. But there's a way to avoid this!


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I've been thinking a lot about what love means to each of us. It seems like we have different expectations, and that's okay. Maybe we can find a balance where both of our needs are met.
It sounds tough when you're not feeling the love you expect. I wonder if talking openly with him about your feelings could help bridge the gap between what you need and what he naturally gives.
Feeling unloved is heartbreaking. Perhaps it's worth considering how much of this is about him and how much is about my own selfworth. Loving myself more might make me less dependent on his validation.
Sometimes relationships need adjusting as we grow. Maybe we should try to understand each other's love languages better and express affection in ways that resonate with both of us.
Today made me realize that maybe I'm expecting too much from him. He does care, just differently. We could explore ways to meet in the middle, respecting each other's space while growing closer.