Yes it is human nature @Birdofparadise8 but it is also important to be able to receive that from ourselves. If we are not okay with ourselves then no matter what comfort comes from others, it will never be enough.

I do understand you wanting people to reach out, be thinking about you and what that connection with you without you making the first move there but it is an external source that you cannot rely on as it is not under your control. What is under your control (but you need to work on strategies in this area) is how you feel when that external support does not come. For example, it is okay to expect others to ask how you are when you ask them the same but if they do not then it may not be about you at all and just the place they are in at the time. Learning to get annoyed or hurt by that for a time then moving on is key - we are allowed to feel what we feel but when it gets to a point that those feelings are sustained for longer periods of time, then that is when we need help to change our mindset as @creative_writer was talking about.