Wanting to be liked is normal. Trading your values for it is the part that costs too much.

Wanting people to like you is not a weakness to be fixed. It is standard equipment, and anyone claiming otherwise is performing. The question is never whether you want it but what you are willing to hand over to get it, because the currency is usually something you cannot buy back. Agreement you did not mean, a friend you did not defend, a line you had said you would not cross.

Watch for the moment your stomach drops slightly and you agree anyway. That feeling is the price tag. You can notice it without doing anything heroic about it yet.