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The People Pleaser
This is a dangerous path: they end up confusing everyone around them by failing to express their true needs and feelings and they also build up a lot of frustration.
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A Type Of Lie
And we do it not to obtain some sort of advantage over someone, but because we deeply fear the annoyance and dissatisfaction of the people around us.
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Origins Of People Pleasing
To survive, we decide to be responsive to what others expect us to do and be, leaving aside what we really want.
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Love And Fear
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Stop Being a People Pleaser
- Keep in mind that the people that now in adulthood surround you (colleagues, friends, partners) are most likely very different from the ones that influenced your anxieties during childhood.
- Be aware of the side effects of people-pleasing: even if you have good intentions, you are in fact creating problems by not speaking up more frequently.
- You can learn to reframe the way you deliver your messages, especially when it comes to difficult, sensitive topics.
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