People-Pleasing & Boundaries

It's funny on a sitcom. In real life, people-pleasing often shows up as a short fuse. A therapist on the anger underneath and how to stop people-pleasing.

I was driving home from the gym when I heard it come out of me. Out loud, alone in the car, at nobody. I am tired of living like this. My throat said the thing before my brain caught up. My heart was pounding, a headache pressing in behind my eyes, and I sat there at the red light, a little frightened of how true it felt. Here is what matters about that moment, and about losing yourself in a relationship. While I was grateful for the life I had, I knew I was feeling stuck in