> I think as a child/teen your peers' opinions and judgement is everything I don't think this stops when we grow older. We're primates who live in groups. The

> I think as a child/teen your peers' opinions and judgement is everything I don't think this stops when we grow older. We're primates who live in groups. The approval of our group is vital for our mental well-being. It's tempting to believe that we've outgrown this mentality because we've evolved past it, or we've gathered enough wisdom to be unaffected by it ... but I don't think we have. Ostracism works just as well on adults as it does on children.