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#body-image
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
9 hours ago

Do You Like the Person You See in the Mirror?

Body-image concerns are prevalent among women and girls, influenced by unrealistic beauty ideals in media, but can be improved through healing mental schemas.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

Men and Body Image: The Hidden Struggle

Many men experience body image issues silently due to cultural expectations and stigma, leading to dissatisfaction and unhealthy behaviors.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
9 hours ago

Do You Like the Person You See in the Mirror?

Body-image concerns are prevalent among women and girls, influenced by unrealistic beauty ideals in media, but can be improved through healing mental schemas.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

Men and Body Image: The Hidden Struggle

Many men experience body image issues silently due to cultural expectations and stigma, leading to dissatisfaction and unhealthy behaviors.
more#body-image
#happiness
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
6 days ago

Psychology says the happiest people aren't the ones who found their passion - they're the ones who stopped treating their life as a problem that needed solving - Silicon Canals

The relentless pursuit of passion may lead to unhappiness, while embracing diverse interests can foster a richer, more fulfilling life.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

Is Your Pursuit of Happiness Making You Sad?

Valuing happiness as a goal can lead to emotional bankruptcy and a self-defeating cycle of constant internal surveillance.
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
6 days ago

Psychology says the happiest people aren't the ones who found their passion - they're the ones who stopped treating their life as a problem that needed solving - Silicon Canals

The relentless pursuit of passion may lead to unhappiness, while embracing diverse interests can foster a richer, more fulfilling life.
more#happiness
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
8 hours ago

Bridging the Gap From Here to Your Future Self

Imagining a future self strengthens connections to values and enhances life choices by tracing continuity from past to future.
Careers
fromSilicon Canals
12 hours ago

I'm 66 and I no longer spend any energy on people who make me feel like I have to earn my place in the room - not because I became cold, but because I finally understood that ease is not a low standard, it is the only standard that matters at this stage, and the people who meet it know who they are and so do I - Silicon Canals

Realizing the exhaustion of constantly proving oneself can lead to a liberating shift in perspective and relationships.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
8 hours ago

Psychology says people who were the emotional anchor for their families rarely experience loneliness as a single event. They experience it as a slow accounting where they realize the support only ever flowed in one direction and nobody designed a return current. - Silicon Canals

Family support often flows in one direction, with one person bearing the emotional load while others remain uninvolved.
fromSilicon Canals
14 hours ago

Research suggests the loneliness people feel after a long career ends isn't about missing the work - it's about discovering that most of their relationships were infrastructure, not friendship - Silicon Canals

I expected to miss the classroom when I retired. I expected to miss the rhythm of September, the smell of new textbooks, the particular chaos of 28 teenagers discovering The Great Gatsby for the first time. What I did not expect was to sit down one Tuesday morning with my tea and realize that a very large number of people I had genuinely liked... had quietly disappeared from my life.
Retirement
Parenting
fromPsychology Today
8 hours ago

3 Reasons to Stop Hiding Your Bad Habits From Your Kids

Parenting involves modeling honesty and resilience, as hiding flaws can distort children's moral development and trust.
Books
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

Do You See Yourself in a Story?

Comic books have evolved into a serious medium for exploring trauma and psychological depth, exemplified by works like Maus.
#self-worth
Women
fromTiny Buddha
1 day ago

All the Important Things a Scale Can't Measure - Tiny Buddha

Self-worth should not be determined by weight or numbers on a scale.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
2 days ago

I'm 37 and I've already learned the hard way that self-worth takes time, healing isn't linear, and letting go is painful while you're learning to move forward - Silicon Canals

Carrying emotional weight from the past hinders self-worth; true self-worth is built internally, not through external validation.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago

I'm 37 and I realized last year that I've been measuring my worth by how useful I am to people - and I genuinely don't know who I am when no one needs me - Silicon Canals

Identity can be heavily tied to being useful to others, leading to a crisis when that role is absent.
Women
fromTiny Buddha
1 day ago

All the Important Things a Scale Can't Measure - Tiny Buddha

Self-worth should not be determined by weight or numbers on a scale.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
2 days ago

I'm 37 and I've already learned the hard way that self-worth takes time, healing isn't linear, and letting go is painful while you're learning to move forward - Silicon Canals

Carrying emotional weight from the past hinders self-worth; true self-worth is built internally, not through external validation.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago

I'm 37 and I realized last year that I've been measuring my worth by how useful I am to people - and I genuinely don't know who I am when no one needs me - Silicon Canals

Identity can be heavily tied to being useful to others, leading to a crisis when that role is absent.
more#self-worth
Productivity
fromSilicon Canals
16 hours ago

Not everyone who keeps working after the workday ends is ambitious. Some people simply discovered that the transition from productivity to stillness requires passing through a stretch of feeling they've been avoiding for years, and the extra hour of work is cheaper than the ten minutes of silence. - Silicon Canals

Many work late to avoid confronting uncomfortable emotions, not just to be productive.
Yoga
fromYoga Journal
2 days ago

Want to Drastically Improve Your Life? Start Telling the Truth.

A society built on lies cannot survive, as truth is essential for meaningful interactions and human dignity.
Social justice
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

The Psychology of Apology in High-Stakes Failure

Sam Bankman-Fried framed the FTX collapse as mismanagement while publicly apologizing and denying intent, reflecting self-justification and reputation management.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
4 hours ago

What Is Your Quarter-Life Crisis Trying to Tell You?

The quarter-life crisis is driven by internal factors like purpose, meaning, and anxiety, alongside external pressures such as financial instability.
#identity
Writing
fromSilicon Canals
6 days ago

I've been useful my entire life - to my employer, my family, my parents when they were aging - and I'm only now beginning to understand that being useful and being known are not the same thing, and I've had plenty of the first and almost none of the second - Silicon Canals

Being useful does not equate to being known or valued as a person.
Psychology
fromBig Think
8 hours ago

There is no you in your brain - your identity is a "society of the mind"

Our brains fundamentally shape our identities, transcending social and cultural experiences.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
5 days ago

I realized recently that I've spent years becoming whoever the room needed me to be - and now I honestly can't tell the difference between what I actually enjoy and what I've just been pretending to for so long it stuck - Silicon Canals

Constantly adapting to others' expectations can lead to losing touch with one's authentic self and preferences.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

Psychology says people who feel like they've been living someone else's life aren't confused or ungrateful - they're often the ones who were so good at adapting in childhood that they never stopped adapting long enough to find out who they actually were - Silicon Canals

Adapting to others' needs in childhood can lead to feeling disconnected and lost in adulthood.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago

Psychology says the reason most people never truly change isn't laziness - it's that they've built an identity around their flaws that they don't know who they'd be without them - Silicon Canals

People struggle to change not due to laziness, but because their flaws are integrated into their identity, making change feel like a threat to the self.
Writing
fromSilicon Canals
6 days ago

I've been useful my entire life - to my employer, my family, my parents when they were aging - and I'm only now beginning to understand that being useful and being known are not the same thing, and I've had plenty of the first and almost none of the second - Silicon Canals

Being useful does not equate to being known or valued as a person.
Psychology
fromBig Think
8 hours ago

There is no you in your brain - your identity is a "society of the mind"

Our brains fundamentally shape our identities, transcending social and cultural experiences.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
5 days ago

I realized recently that I've spent years becoming whoever the room needed me to be - and now I honestly can't tell the difference between what I actually enjoy and what I've just been pretending to for so long it stuck - Silicon Canals

Constantly adapting to others' expectations can lead to losing touch with one's authentic self and preferences.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

Psychology says people who feel like they've been living someone else's life aren't confused or ungrateful - they're often the ones who were so good at adapting in childhood that they never stopped adapting long enough to find out who they actually were - Silicon Canals

Adapting to others' needs in childhood can lead to feeling disconnected and lost in adulthood.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago

Psychology says the reason most people never truly change isn't laziness - it's that they've built an identity around their flaws that they don't know who they'd be without them - Silicon Canals

People struggle to change not due to laziness, but because their flaws are integrated into their identity, making change feel like a threat to the self.
more#identity
#decision-making
more#decision-making
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
11 hours ago

Psychology says the people who age most visibly aren't the ones with the hardest lives - they're the ones who never learned to put things down, who carried every disappointment and every grievance and every unfairness forward into the next decade, and the carrying shows, eventually, in ways that no amount of sleep or skincare has ever been shown to address - Silicon Canals

Chronic psychological stress and the inability to release emotional burdens accelerate aging and impact physical appearance.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
18 hours ago

The people who become extremely selective about their time in their forties aren't becoming antisocial. They've simply collected enough data to know exactly which interactions leave them feeling more like themselves and which ones require a recovery period that nobody sees. - Silicon Canals

Social interactions have an energetic and emotional cost that varies based on the individuals involved.
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
8 hours ago

How Storytelling Informs Relationships

Complexity involves understanding interdependence and multiple perspectives, essential for resolving conflicts and nurturing relationships.
Parenting
fromTiny Buddha
7 hours ago

Why I Let My Kids See My Sadness Now (After Hiding It for Years) - Tiny Buddha

Embracing vulnerability allows deeper connections with loved ones, as hiding emotions can create barriers instead of fostering understanding and support.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
20 hours ago

The moment I stopped apologizing before every request was the moment I realized I'd been treating my own needs as an imposition on other people's comfort. The apology wasn't politeness. It was a pre-negotiated discount on my own worth so nobody could reject me at full price. - Silicon Canals

Apologizing before requests often diminishes one's own worth and serves as a shield against rejection.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

Psychology says the adults most likely to end up in therapy aren't the ones who had dramatic or obviously painful childhoods - they're the ones who grew up in households where everything was technically fine, nobody was cruel, and something essential was quietly missing in a way that took decades to find the words for - Silicon Canals

Emotional neglect in seemingly fine childhoods can have profound effects, leaving individuals feeling their inner world doesn't matter.
Psychology
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 hours ago

Always in crisis mode? You might be catastrophizing here's how to stop

Catastrophizing is a cognitive distortion where individuals jump to the worst possible conclusions, often leading to chronic distress and mental health issues.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
12 hours ago

I'm 44 and I recently ended a friendship that had been slowly making me smaller for years - not through cruelty, she was never cruel, but through the accumulated weight of a dynamic that required me to need her more than she needed me - and the ending felt like grief and relief simultaneously and I have stopped trying to decide which one was the right response - Silicon Canals

Ending a long-term friendship can feel like a failure, especially when it erodes one's sense of self.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
11 hours ago

I'm 66 and I recently understood that the reason I find it so hard to ask for help is not independence - it is the very specific and very old belief that needing something from another person is the first step toward becoming a burden, and a burden, in the house I grew up in, was the one thing nobody was allowed to be - Silicon Canals

Independence can often mask fear, leading to a reluctance to ask for help and a belief that needing assistance is a weakness.
#success
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago
Careers

I'm 66 and I finally realized that I've spent my entire adult life chasing a version of success that my father defined in 1985 - and the reason I feel so empty now isn't because I failed, it's because I succeeded at building someone else's dream and called it mine - Silicon Canals

Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

I'm 37 and I realized last month that I've spent my entire adult life collecting achievements to outrun a feeling I can't name - and I genuinely have everything I was told to want versus feeling anything close to what I was promised it would feel like - Silicon Canals

Success can become an addictive trap that fails to deliver true fulfillment, leading to a cycle of chasing achievements without satisfaction.
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago
Careers

I'm 66 and I finally realized that I've spent my entire adult life chasing a version of success that my father defined in 1985 - and the reason I feel so empty now isn't because I failed, it's because I succeeded at building someone else's dream and called it mine - Silicon Canals

Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

I'm 37 and I realized last month that I've spent my entire adult life collecting achievements to outrun a feeling I can't name - and I genuinely have everything I was told to want versus feeling anything close to what I was promised it would feel like - Silicon Canals

Success can become an addictive trap that fails to deliver true fulfillment, leading to a cycle of chasing achievements without satisfaction.
more#success
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
5 hours ago

There's a type of person who only feels permission to rest when they're physically sick, and the illness isn't the problem. The problem is the invisible equation they absorbed decades ago that says rest must be earned through suffering and a healthy body has no valid claim to stillness. - Silicon Canals

Sickness is often the only socially acceptable reason for rest, revealing deep-rooted beliefs about productivity and morality.
#loneliness
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 hours ago

There's a particular kind of loneliness that only hits people who are well-liked. It's the loneliness of being chosen for your warmth but never asked about your winters. Everyone assumes the person who makes them feel good must already feel good, and the assumption becomes the cage. - Silicon Canals

Well-liked individuals often mask their struggles, leading to loneliness despite social popularity.
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago
Relationships

The cruelest form of loneliness isn't having nobody. It's having people who love you in a way that doesn't quite reach the part of you that needs reaching, so you feel guilty for still being hungry at a table that everyone else thinks is full. - Silicon Canals

Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 hours ago

There's a particular kind of loneliness that only hits people who are well-liked. It's the loneliness of being chosen for your warmth but never asked about your winters. Everyone assumes the person who makes them feel good must already feel good, and the assumption becomes the cage. - Silicon Canals

Well-liked individuals often mask their struggles, leading to loneliness despite social popularity.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

The cruelest form of loneliness isn't having nobody. It's having people who love you in a way that doesn't quite reach the part of you that needs reaching, so you feel guilty for still being hungry at a table that everyone else thinks is full. - Silicon Canals

Loneliness can persist even in loving relationships when emotional needs remain unmet and unexpressed.
more#loneliness
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
6 hours ago

Science Confirms How to Connect to Something Greater at Work

Spirituality in the workplace fosters connection and fulfillment, addressing disconnection and burnout among workers.
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
3 hours ago

The people who forgive quickly and the people who forgive slowly are not experiencing the same emotion. Quick forgiveness is often a nervous system releasing a threat. Slow forgiveness is a mind rebuilding a model of someone it can no longer predict. - Silicon Canals

Forgiveness is a complex process influenced by biological and psychological factors, not simply a choice between letting go or holding grudges.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
10 hours ago

Psychology says people who grew up in the 1960s and 70s don't handle hardship better than everyone else because they are stronger - they handle it better because they were never offered the alternative, and a person who was never offered the alternative develops a relationship with difficulty that people who were offered it spend their whole lives trying to build in a gym - Silicon Canals

Struggling is a norm for my generation because we never knew life could be comfortable.
Relationships
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 hours ago

Placeholder partners: are you the one' or just being used as a stopgap?

Placeholder partners are temporary relationships where one person believes they have a future together, but the other does not.
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
11 hours ago

I'm 66 and the most important thing I have done for myself in the last decade is learn to sit in a room alone without immediately filling it with something - without the television, the phone, the task - just the room and the light and whatever arrives in the quiet, and what arrives, it turns out, is mostly myself, and mostly myself is more than enough company - Silicon Canals

Learning to sit in silence and embrace stillness can be transformative and essential for personal growth.
#relationships
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

Why We Stay in Relationships That Subtly Erode Us

Incrementally diminishing relationships persist due to human attachment to unpredictability and familiarity, despite emotional neglect and pain.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

I'm in my 30s and I recently realized that every relationship I called easy was actually just a relationship where I did all the adjusting. Easy never meant compatible. It meant I had become so skilled at reshaping myself that friction disappeared, and I mistook the absence of friction for the presence of love. - Silicon Canals

Effortless relationships can mask deeper issues, often leading to self-erasure rather than true compatibility.
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago
Psychology

Nobody warns you that when you stop caring what everyone thinks, you also discover which of your relationships were held together entirely by your willingness to be whoever the other person needed - Silicon Canals

Relationships
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

Why We Stay in Relationships That Subtly Erode Us

Incrementally diminishing relationships persist due to human attachment to unpredictability and familiarity, despite emotional neglect and pain.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

I'm in my 30s and I recently realized that every relationship I called easy was actually just a relationship where I did all the adjusting. Easy never meant compatible. It meant I had become so skilled at reshaping myself that friction disappeared, and I mistook the absence of friction for the presence of love. - Silicon Canals

Effortless relationships can mask deeper issues, often leading to self-erasure rather than true compatibility.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago

Nobody warns you that when you stop caring what everyone thinks, you also discover which of your relationships were held together entirely by your willingness to be whoever the other person needed - Silicon Canals

Stopping people-pleasing leads to a necessary audit of relationships, revealing which ones are genuine and which are based on expectations.
more#relationships
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

What if Your "Type" Is Just Unfinished Business?

Sexual imprinting influences adult attraction based on early relational experiences with caregivers and emotional dynamics in childhood.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

The Hidden Impact of Ghosting Your Therapist

Ghosting is the act of withdrawing from communication without explanation, affecting various relationships including therapy.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

The Surprising Truth About Partners Who Never Argue

Conflict-free relationships may indicate underlying issues rather than compatibility, as open discussions about differences strengthen bonds.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

Beyond Vanity: Feeling Attractive in Midlife

Midlife changes prompt self-reflection, leading to a desire for self-care and alignment with true self rather than mere vanity.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

3 Downsides of Being the "Easy" Partner

Being 'easy to be with' can lead to hidden psychological costs, including loss of personal preferences and self-silencing.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

Why Deep People Struggle in Modern Relationships

Modern dating prioritizes speed over depth, creating pressure that conflicts with those who need time for genuine connections.
Mindfulness
fromTiny Buddha
4 days ago

From People-Pleasing to Self-Trust: How to Come Back to Yourself - Tiny Buddha

Indecision and people-pleasing stem from past experiences of conflict and self-doubt, leading to a loss of personal identity.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

I'm in my 30s and the thing I understand now that I couldn't at 22 is that the people I was most desperate to impress were the ones least capable of seeing me clearly. The approval I chased hardest was always from people who didn't have the emotional equipment to give it, and recognizing that changed everything. - Silicon Canals

Chasing approval often stems from childhood patterns and can lead to seeking validation from emotionally unavailable individuals.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

Resentment Resolution: Free Yourself From Emotional Burdens

Resentment is a persistent feeling of unfair treatment that links past offenses, leading to a degenerative emotional state.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

Why the Narcissistic Relationship Crash Is Often Delayed

Narcissists can initially charm partners, but relationship satisfaction declines over time due to narcissistic rivalry.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days ago

There's a generation of people who were taught to apologize for their needs so effectively that as adults they experience wanting something as a form of aggression against whoever might have to provide it - Silicon Canals

Many adults associate expressing needs with guilt, viewing requests as impositions rather than natural interactions.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago

The friend who always checks in on everyone but never tells anyone when they're struggling isn't hiding. They've simply never had the experience of someone noticing without being told, and after long enough, the idea of being spontaneously seen starts to feel like something that happens to other people. - Silicon Canals

Being the emotional caretaker in friendships can lead to neglecting one's own emotional needs and feelings.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago

There's a kind of exhaustion that has nothing to do with how much you did today and everything to do with how many versions of yourself you performed. The tiredness isn't physical. It's the weight of translation between who you are privately and who each room requires you to become. - Silicon Canals

Exhaustion often stems from the cognitive load of managing multiple identities rather than just physical effort or workload.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

Psychology says adults who have no close friends aren't necessarily antisocial or unlikable. Many of them learned in childhood that being vulnerable leads to pain, and they grew up assuming that keeping people at a distance is safer - Silicon Canals

Many people appear self-sufficient but struggle with deep-seated fears of vulnerability due to early attachment experiences.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
5 days ago

I'm 44 and I have started paying attention to how I feel the morning after I spend time with someone - not during, when the performance is running, but after, when the honest version arrives - and that single habit has told me more about my relationships than twenty years of thinking about them - Silicon Canals

The morning after social interactions reveals true emotional states, often contrasting with the perceived enjoyment during the event.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago

People who always respond with "fine" when asked how they are aren't lying - they learned, at some specific point in their life, that the true answer produced outcomes that were worse than the silence, and fine has been the silence ever since - Silicon Canals

Personal experiences with anxiety and emotional responses reveal deeper truths about coping mechanisms and the challenges of authentic communication.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days ago

People who stop trying to be liked are often accused of having an attitude - by the people who most benefited from them having none - Silicon Canals

Setting boundaries often leads to others perceiving you as difficult or having an attitude problem, despite unchanged competence.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

Psychology says people who genuinely enjoy being alone aren't missing the need for connection - they've located the one condition under which their full self is available, and that condition happens to require an empty room, and there is nothing wrong with that except that the world was not designed with them in mind and has been making them feel guilty about it ever since - Silicon Canals

Society often mislabels the need for solitude as a deficiency, while those who recharge alone are more emotionally stable and focused.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

The Two Thoughts That Quietly Ruin Adult Children's Lives

Struggling adult children often face analysis paralysis due to the fear of uncertainty, hindering their progress and confidence.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago

Most people don't realize that the spotlight effect - the documented tendency to believe others are watching and judging us far more than they are - quietly steals decades of joy from people who never knew it had a name - Silicon Canals

The spotlight effect leads individuals to overestimate how much attention others pay to their perceived flaws.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
5 days ago

The version of you that exists in your best friend's memory and the version that exists in your own are so different that if they met, they might not recognize each other. And the distance between those two versions is usually the exact shape of whatever you refuse to believe about yourself. - Silicon Canals

Self-perception often conflicts with how others see us, revealing deeper issues of self-deception and internalized beliefs about who we are allowed to be.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks ago

My ex is a narcissist and the thing that surprised me most wasn't the damage they caused - it was the damage I couldn't prove. Because nothing they did would sound that bad in a sentence. A tone. A look. A pause before answering that made me feel like I'd said the wrong thing. A compliment that somehow left me feeling worse. The whole thing was built from materials too small to hold up in any conversation, and the loneliest part was knowing that what nearly destroyed me would sound like nothing to anyone wh

Emotional abuse often stems from subtle, cumulative moments rather than dramatic events, leading to significant internal harm over time.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

Is Anger Always Justifiable?

Emotional reasoning can distort reality, leading perfectionists to justify anger based solely on its existence, potentially harming relationships.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Stop Pretending to Be Happy

Emotional acceptance leads to healthier processing of feelings, while suppression prolongs negative emotions and creates incongruence between feelings and expressions.
#people-pleasing
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago

Psychology says the worst part of people-pleasing isn't the exhaustion - it's realizing that no one actually knows you because you never gave them the real version - Silicon Canals

People-pleasing leads to exhaustion and prevents genuine intimacy, as it creates a façade that others connect with instead of the true self.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago

Psychology says the worst part of people-pleasing isn't the exhaustion - it's realizing that no one actually knows you because you never gave them the real version - Silicon Canals

People-pleasing leads to exhaustion and prevents genuine intimacy, as it creates a façade that others connect with instead of the true self.
more#people-pleasing
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

There's a specific exhaustion that belongs to people who spent decades being exactly what everyone needed them to be - and then one day realized they couldn't remember what they needed - Silicon Canals

People-pleasing leads to losing one's identity and can result in profound exhaustion and disconnection from self.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

How Would Your Life Change if You Didn't Seek Approval?

Living for others' approval prevents authentic living; confronting fear and stepping outside comfort zones enables reclaiming personal choices and wellbeing.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

7 signs someone is a narcissist pretending to be humble, according to psychologists - Silicon Canals

Some people mask narcissistic needs with faux humility, using humble-brags, downplaying compliments, and backdoor boasts to seek admiration and control.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

How People Adapt to the Narcissists in Their Lives

People living with narcissistic individuals develop adaptive behaviors including hypervigilance, emotional monitoring, and careful self-regulation to manage the narcissist's needs and avoid conflict.
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