01/03/2026
Food for thought:
What if sensitive people who are often labeled as “codependent”, “needy”, or “attention-seeking” are simply normal humans with a higher need for:
connection
reciprocity
visibility
Self-help culture always finds a way to frame normal human needs as pathology—as something to fix, manage, or outgrow.
(Can’t sell something if nothings wrong).
But those who bear the brunt of that framing are often the sensitive, differently wired ones—the folks who ache for a world that is more united, relational, and whole.
In that cultural conversation, we begin to misunderstand ourselves, because we have been so deeply misunderstood. And what do we do with all this internalized self-misunderstanding?
We put ourselves on long “healing journeys,” only to arrive at the realization that nothing was ever wrong with us. That we were simply easy to market to in a culture that rewards self-sufficient mindset and emotional detachment—and that often profits from those who never learned they weren’t supposed to need love, connection, reciprocity and belonging
So, here’s what I’m thinking:
What if we stopped labeling ourselves and others so much?
What if it was okay to need love?
What if there was never anything wrong?
What if we were just more present?
Connected, depended on, seen?
Would that be okay?
idk, just food for thought.
Something I’ve been chewing on, lately.
What do you think?
