People-Pleasing Starts as Parent-Pleasing
Do you know people-pleasing starts as parent-pleasing? Explore the intricate dynamics and unravel the impact. Read on to learn more!
Category: People pleaser
The narcissistic family’s scapegoat: Survival and Recovery
Today’s blog post describes why a malignantly narcissistic parent has to scapegoat a child, why certain children get picked as the scapegoat, the impact of…
Surviving Narcissistic Abuse in Childhood: Leaving One’s Self
A very wise client – Mario* – identified his goal in therapy in our first session to “not care so much what other people think”.…
Kids taking care of parents: Why The Godfather and Dave Chappelle say parentification is bad
Don Vito Corleone in the Godfather was not a paragon of gender equality. Witness his famous statement: “I spend my life trying not to be…
Self-sabotage: Overcoming the need to booby trap oneself
Self-sabotage is another term that blames the person doing it. The implication can be that people don’t have the ‘good sense’ to allow themselves success.…
Why being a “people pleaser” means you are a survivor
by Jay Reid Case illustration: John* was a successful 28-year-old software engineer. He explained that he lives his life through the eyes of others instead of…