“There's a reason that teenagers in particular are prone to the feverish pursuit of valuation via social media. Prinstein says it's because the wide variety of regions in the brain that seek and deliver social rewards, including the part of the striatum called the nucleus accumbens, become supercharg…”— Rebecca Webber, psychologytoday.com
“Social media is like kerosene poured on the flame of social comparison, dramatically increasing the information about people that we're exposed to and forcing our minds to assess.”— Rebecca Webber, psychologytoday.com
“All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was. I accepted their answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory. I was naïve. I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, an…”— Ralph Ellison, amazon.com
“If you catch yourself seeking the validation of others, change the direction of your thoughts, redirect the attention away from you, and instead focus it on the bigger picture.”— Jessica Riley, amazon.com