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How to Set Boundaries When You Have People-Pleasing Trauma

I cannot set boundaries without feeling like I am being cruel and then I end up resentful and exhausted from saying yes to everything.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Early conditioning equated self-advocacy with abandonment, creating internal conflict around personal needs.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Complex trauma — C-PTSD?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.