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How people-pleasing becomes a prison of resentment

I say yes to everything and everyone and then I resent them for asking even though I never said no.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The inner child equates boundary-setting with the loss of love, creating patterns of self-abandonment disguised as generosity.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Inner child work and reparenting?”

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