Just so you know, you don't need anyone else but yourself to validate your thoughts and emotions. People will disagree, disapprove, or downright refuse to consider your perspective, and that doesn't take away from the fact that you think or feel the way you do. You probably have some reasoning to back it up too. As nice as it feels to have another person understand your inner world, you don't have to be at their mercy. You don't deserve to dismiss how real your experience is in the event that someone doesn't have the capacity to level with you. You shouldn't stoop so low as to fight to be seen, heard, or reassured. In due time, I hope you realize that what you needed all along was to learn how to comfort, love on, and empathize with yourself.