Week 6: The relationship between identity and the need to belong

 "Often being accepted by others is more satisfying than being accepted by oneself even though the satisfaction does not last." To me, this quotation means a lot to me because I have been through the pressure of wanting to be accepted by others and whether I accepted myself or not did not really matter.This does happen in my life because now that my friends and I are coming to a phase where friends are very important in our lives as they seem to be the people that we can relate to the most, we want to make sure we fit in with our group and we "belong" to the group. The satisfaction of being accepted by others can never be replaced by the satisfaction of accepting yourself because when you are accepted it means you have a group of friends you "belong' to and you are part of the clique.

Q2. How does the need to belong affect how you treat those who do not "belong" in the group?
If majority of a group does not accept or like a person, you are indirectly forced to also not accept or like that person because you are too afraid to stray away from the crowd as you will not "belong" to the group.