It's hard being empathetic

For a lot of empaths, people pleasing tendencies first develop as forms of self-protection. Since we can feel people's disapproval, judgments and criticisms so strongly, we learn at a very early age how to give people what they want to avoid the pain of their disappointment. This turns into a vicious cycle of overgiving, overachieving, and overanalyzing our way through life. 

 

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