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You Don’t Have To Convince Me of Your Significance
The dangerous game of seeking validation in the digital age.
“When you believe in yourself, you don’t have to convince anyone else of your significance.” — Cyndie Spiegal
We are in the day and age of proving ourselves to the world, especially people we don’t know. The need to show others how much money we have, how in love we are with our significant other, how happy we are, how excited we are about our new FAANG job offer, how fashionable we dress, how luxurious or epic our cars are, how much success we’re experiencing, and how great our life is has been flooding the social media feeds.
I recently read a post of a woman who was relishing that people always ask her and her husband how they remain so happy all the time. Next thing you know, it accidentally leaks that her “amazing” significant other is unashamedly cheating on her with someone else. Yup, they aren’t as happy as people thought they were, but they sure as hell made it seem that way with all of the perfect nonstop pictures they publicly and frequently posted about each other.
Her situation isn’t unique. Humans are addicted to showing off, and it seems we…
