FREUD & ERROR

People seek validation because the brain treats approval like oxygen and criticism like a knife.

✗ FAKE
Humans have a strong need for social approval, and research suggests social rejection activates some brain regions also involved in pain. The oxygen and knife comparison is hyperbole.

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