Universal Approval Is a Prison
“Universal approval is a prison dressed up as a prize.”That line isn’t just poetic.It’s neurological.It’s psychological.And for many of us, it’s survival.The Brain Is Wired for BelongingNeuroscientists Naomi Eisenberger and Matthew Lieberman at UCLA conducted groundbreaking research showing that social rejection activates the same region of the brain associated with physical pain — the anterior cingulate cortex (Eisenberger & Lieberman, Trends…
