Tag: anxiety

The “Craziness” of People-Pleasing and How Did We Get Here?

Apr 19, 2022

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Dr. Anne Brown

in Addiction, Codependency

What is this phenomenon “I need to make everyone in the world like me or People-Pleasing?” This is a tough concept because in one-way people-pleasers are nice to be around. If we look deeper we have to ask at what cost? People pleasing can affect both men and women. The history of women, however,…
Codependency and Contentious Times (Part II)

Jan 5, 2018

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by

Dr. Anne Brown

in Codependency, Dr. Anne Brown, Health, Mental Health, Rationalization, Recovery, Self-Help, Wellness

In Part I, we identified some areas of concern for the codependent during these contentious times. Now let’s look at some possible tools for the codependent to use. If you haven’t done your codependent work, now is the perfect time to begin. With social media, you can practice taking a stand for what is important…