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Emotional validation

Emotional validation is the process of acknowledging and accepting another person's inner emotional experience and communicating that acceptance. Validating an emotion does not mean agreeing with the other person or justifying it. Opposites of emotional validation include emotional denial, emotional dismissal, emotional invalidation, or apathy.
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Acknowledgement, recognition, being seen

All feelings are valid

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