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When survival strategies get labeled as character flaws

My therapist says I have people-pleasing tendencies but what she calls people-pleasing feels like survival to me as a woman in tech.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The behaviors that protect us in hostile environments can be pathologized when viewed outside their context.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Masks and personas we wear?”

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