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health advisory Hospital Mental Health 2007-11-15 19:01:01

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When children are not "validated" they will carry it with them into their teen years and on to adulthood.

Some will pierce, others will tattoo, some will have sex with anything that makes them feel alive.

Some will cut!

Adults will move from relationship to relationship always looking for the validation they didn't receive as a child.

Validation:

It's simply acknowledging that a person is alive and important even if it's only for a brief moment as you pass on a busy street or on an elevator.

A smile is one of the greatest gifts you can give to someone.

An encouraging word or a sincere compliment is worth more then all the counseling in the world!

Validation is not the same as attention!

Anyone can get attention by standing at the street corner and screaming at the top of their lungs.

Validation means to make someone feel valuable if even only for the brief time you interact with them.

Example:

Parked at a traffic light and you look over and notice that the person in the back seat of the adjoining car is looking your way. What do you do? Look away.... or do you give a small smile or even a wave?

You have no idea what has gone on in that person's life that day.

You could be the turning point of a bad day or they may remember your kind smile as they're being verbally or psychically abused at a later time.