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Breaking Patterns, Building Connections
Welcome to the Healthier Connections Therapy blog. Here, we explore the complex world of intimacy and the challenges that come with it — including addiction, relationships, vulnerability, and emotional wellbeing. If you are looking to better understand yourself, strengthen your relationships, and break free from the patterns holding you back, you have come to the right place.
The Hidden Cost of People-Pleasing and the Anti-Conflict Mindset
On the surface, people-pleasing can look like kindness, flexibility, or even humility. But more often than not, it's rooted in something deeper: a fear of conflict.
Many of us were raised in environments—consciously or unconsciously—where conflict was seen as dangerous, disrespectful, or simply off-limits.
But in reality? This anti-conflict stance often turns into an internal pressure cooker. Unspoken feelings — like frustration, resentment, irritation, and self-abandonment — build up until they can’t be contained anymore. It’s like shaking a soda bottle over and over, pretending it's fine... until it explodes.
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