Chasing Validation, Losing Control

All right. Welcome back to The Dream. I'm here with Lydia. Lydia,

we both wanted things that we couldn't have, didn't we? Honestly,

I just wanted my parents to look at me and be happy. But it felt like every time I met

an expectation, they just built a higher one. I feel that. For me,

it was a crown. People think I was just power-hungry, but it was the validation I wanted.

I thought if I became king, I would finally be enough. I got the title,

I got the palace, but I lost my mind in the process. It's the loss of control,

right? You killed for a throne. I failed my classes and pretended I