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The reason “being needed” feels so good is because your brain reads it as survival. We’re wired to belong, but also to contribute — to hold a place no one else can. Neuroscientists Jorge Moll and colleagues found in 2006 that acts of giving and being relied upon activate the brain’s ventral striatum — the same reward pathway that lights up for food or safety. Your nervous system tags it as proof that you matter, that your existence fits into the web of others. When this role is missing, research by Naomi Eisenberger at UCLA in 2003 showed that the brain’s social pain circuits — the anterior cingulate cortex and insula — react the same way they do to physical pain. We aren’t just here to be loved. We’re here to be needed. #MentalHealthAwareness #SelfLove #SelfCare #Healing #Therapy #EmotionalWellbeing #EmotionalHealth #TraumaHealing #EmotionalIntelligence #SelfRegulation #EmotionRegulation #PersonalGrowth #GrowthMindset

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This post was published on 14th August, 2025 by Ambika on her Instagram handle "@dastaan_e_musafir (Ruhi | Mental Health Practitioner)". Ambika has total 175.3K followers on Instagram and has a total of 1.9K post.This post has received 788 Likes which are lower than the average likes that Ambika gets. Ambika receives an average engagement rate of 0.5% per post on Instagram. This post has received 34 comments which are lower than the average comments that Ambika gets. Overall the engagement rate for this post was lower than the average for the profile. #Therapy #EmotionalWellbeing #EmotionalHealth #Healing #SelfCare #MentalHealthAwareness #EmotionalIntelligence #SelfLove #TraumaHealing #SelfRegulation has been used frequently in this Post.