are we gonna talk about women who suffered friendship trauma at the hands of other women in the past then growing into women that sabotage every friendship after that, out of fear they’re going to get abandoned while simultaneously wishing they had friends the whole time and not understanding their trauma response and looking in the mirror asking their reflection “why can’t i be normal”.
this is where people pleasing comes from. it’s a trauma response that causes an individual to try to maintain (control) their environment (emotions of others around them) because they always felt it was their responsibility to do so.
so they might mirror people, extend excess kindness, do things that they may not really want to. all to avoid conflict that they have been conditioned to believe is waiting around every corner. it can take time to unlearn and realize it’s okay to say no.
i never realized it was my people pleasing qualities that was draining me in social situations. when you are hyper vigilant of everyone’s emotional state due to the inconsistent emotions you experienced from parents in childhood, you spend your socializing focused on others.