# validation
[[caution is advised]] when seeking validation.
## Misc
- [[confidence]] does not come from others.
- [[feel safe|feeling safe]] does not come from others
- You feel how you feel. [[this is how it is|things are how they are]]
## Examples where seeking validation went awry,
- slipped disc and back pain
- [[arthritis]]
- [[tendinitis]]
- [[counselling]]
- [[coaching]]
- trying to find out [[how foods affect me]]
- [[conflict resolution]]
## Related
- [[attachment is the root of all suffering]]
- [[I do not know anyone like me]]
- [[practice|everything is practice]]
- [[how ever you show up is fine]]
- [[confidence|confidence]]
- [[narrative]]
- [[suggestibility]]