#self-minimization

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Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

Psychologists explain that people who always need the aisle seat aren't controlling. They developed a lifelong habit of minimizing their own needs by making sure they never have to ask someone to move, and that pattern shows up everywhere in their relationships. - Silicon Canals

Choosing the aisle seat reflects a deeper pattern of self-minimization rooted in childhood experiences where needing things was perceived as burdensome to others.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

People who were constantly told they were "too much" as children now display these 8 behaviors in every adult relationship without realizing they're still apologizing for existing - Silicon Canals

Childhood labeling as 'too much' leads adults to minimize themselves, causing anxiety, apologizing for existence, and submissive behaviors in relationships.
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