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The Life Struggles Of A People Pleaser

It is possibly the most difficult task in life, pleasing everyone!

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The Life Struggles Of A People Pleaser
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People pleaser: an obsequious, subservient person. In easier terms, a people pleaser is someone who does certain things just to keep everyone happy. I have always been a people pleaser, and I still am. Living a life of people pleasing is not easy, it’s actually quite difficult. We like to put everyone’s problems before our own and don’t know what it’s like to say “no”. Here is what it is like to live the life of a people pleaser:

You are CONSTANTLY catering to everyone's needs

Not wanting to go out, but you just can’t say no

When you try to say no but you end up saying yes anyways

You always feel the need to apologize for wanting to do your own thing

People always assume that you'll do something for them

Over planning your weekend when you know you don’t want to do any of it

When someone is talking way too much but you’re too polite to say anything

When you finally get tired of all the pleasing

But no matter how hard you try, you will always be a people pleaser


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