People-Pleasing and Self-Blame Became Toxic for Me

5 reasons it’s different for me now…

Looking back now, I realize that at a very young age my conditioning and coping became this: Making other people happy would equate to my happiness and personal emotional safety. Even if it meant sacrificing my own needs, the math seemed simple. If others were happy, then I had permission to be happy. I also began to fear and believe that…