Is receiving too much attention and validation for merely existing have positive or negative effects on someone’s psyche?
If so, which is it in your opinion?
Are some people better equipped to handle it than others?
Discussion
I think it’s similar to giving an employee too much positive feedback simply for carrying out their basic job description. Feels good for them in the moment but can create a distorted sense of reality and can lead to more difficult conversations/wake-up calls in the future.
Negative
🤔 perhaps this is why I don't feel much of a urge to stack the sats given to me here but rather zap to further validate others.
Maybe it's to avoid the nagging sensation not all were "earned" by giving most back to the circular economy?
Yours is a good question.
In my opinion and experience, it is a net neegative. Especially for children.
both - too much of anything can make it harder to e.g. connect/level w others and connection is one of the most important factors that impakts the psyche
didn't ready the question right, nvm🤓
What's wrong with "merely existing"? We give meaning & assign value to things differently. What's so meaningful about finance, marketing or even art/storytelling in isolation? And I think just being is a gift (may not be to others 🤷)
Also if in the eyes of someone it was worthwhile & deserving their attention, then it's their call & they may not view it as merely existing.
Probably net negative, as humans seem to thrive when they have a sense of purpose.
Clue is in the question - ‘too much’. Encouraging, reinforcing, acknowledging etc all good, but needs tempering with real truths when shits not so rosy or there is no resilience, and they’ll expect other people are going to be as easy to please. We used to call it ‘spoiled’.