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The People-Pleasing Trap: How Your "Kindness" Is Actually Self-Abuse

The People-Pleasing Trap: How Your "Kindness" Is Actually Self-Abuse

You think you're being nice. You think you're being helpful. You think you're being a good person. But what if I told you that your people-pleasing is actually the cruelest thing you do to yourself?

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Let me guess. You're the one everyone comes to when they need something. You're the "reliable" one, the "sweet" one, the one who never says no. People love you because you make their lives easier while making your own impossibly hard.

You pride yourself on being kind, helpful, considerate. You bend over backwards to make others happy. You sacrifice your …

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