The Actualizing Tendency

rogers has a thing called organismic valuing, which is we understand what is good for us. And one thing that humans folk an love is positive regard. Ere social animals, we like approval. So when a child is very young and it receives approval from that parent figure for doing something such as art or accounting - this can turn into conditional positive self-esteem. And this wrong journey, wrong actualization, this leads to human discomfort and sadness and emptiness and mental health issues. But anyway, these are simple things, and it seems pretty straightforward you're a child. You regard yourself in a positive fashion when you do the thing that has given you positive regard from the people around