Self-love - xoJane http://www.xojane.com/list/self-love en Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[How to Channel Cripplingly Strong Bouts of Negativity into Healthy Competitiveness, Creativity and Self-Love (or -"Kinda Like")]]>

Like most people, I still drift toward negative thoughts from time to time, but I’ve gotten much better at keeping myself from spiraling out of control.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/healthy/how-to-channel-cripplingly-strong-bouts-of-negativity-into-healthy-competitiveness-creativity-and-self-love-or-kinda-like http://www.xojane.com/healthy/how-to-channel-cripplingly-strong-bouts-of-negativity-into-healthy-competitiveness-creativity-and-self-love-or-kinda-like Healthy Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Julia Pugachevsky <![CDATA[I Need Constant Validation]]>

I don’t blame my parents for introducing me to the debilitating world of narcissism. But to this day, my father still believes, and I quote, "If you tell someone 'good job,' they'll get lazy so I say nothing so that you'll work harder."

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/issues/im-addicted-validation http://www.xojane.com/issues/im-addicted-validation Issues Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:02:51 -0500 Giulia