We are all guilty of it. We seek approval from strangers. We seek approval from family members. We seek approval from close friends. Whether we realize or are willing to admit it or not, We all have sought approval in at least one area of our life. But what is it about approval that makes it so addictive? What additives and chemicals are funneled into approval that can make one so discombobulated without it? Approval can be watered down to simply this: do you approve of what I am doing. Do I approve of my choice of clothing, the person I date, the way I wear my hair? Do you approve of my life? If so, nod your head. Give me a wink, a high-five, two thumbs-up. Give me something. Give me validation for my very existence. I have likened approval to the chemicals and perservatives added to food. They make whatever they come in contact with taste better, last longer, appear newer and shinier. So much so that without those additives things don't look quite the same. We in turn consume so much of what isn't needed that we become addicts to it, seeking nutrition from false sources. Without those pseudo-nutrients i.e. approval we are sick; mind, body and soul go through withdrawal. This isn't a post with a moral to it; simply a question. 

Why do we seek approval so much?