We all have some degree of socialization and depend on the approval of others in our community. There is a reasonable level beyond which it is unacceptable to be dependent on that approval, though, just as there is a degree of aloofness which is unacceptable. Almost all of us err to one side of that line or another. It's a wide line, and the edges are fortunately blurry, but this only makes those that come sharply into focus beyond that range the more obvious.

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