People-Pleasing and Social Media

People-pleasing is a bad habit common to empaths, and one I’ve been guilty of countless times.

Vita working on a computer

For me, at least, I think it stems from a childhood with a narcissist mother and her narcissist and sociopath siblings and countless other relatives who are their flying monkeys. I was brainwashed by my mother and her side of the family. They taught me to throw myself under the bus for bullies. They taught me…