Vapo, you are managing on your own. We all are. It has to be that way. It's ok to want validation from others. It's not ok to need it. That's straight from therapy. You notice that therapists do the same thing. A lot of tough love. Requiring external validation leads to co-dependence and is what got a lot of people here in trouble in their marriages in the first place. I didn't waste that $10K+ I've spent on therapy. I listened and I learned. If you can't learn to self-validate, you're doomed.
