No, but yes. There are specific things I want validated and from specific people. If I'm being validated on things I don't care for very much, by people whose attention I don't crave, then I don't feel a whole lot of feelings about it.

When it comes to validation from someone I like a LOT, positive or negative (although negative is usually not the person being mean, and more them being dismissive and not paying attention to me), it's like a drug and it can send me on a rollercoaster.

This morning I was in a great mood, grinning like an idiot while heading somewhere because I was replaying the moments during the week when my crush paid attention to me. By the afternoon, I was a fucking anxious wreck because she was a bit dismissive and distracted and I wasn't able to cheer her up.