People-Pleasing Syndrome

A People-Pleasing Syndrome is a behavioral syndrome that creates maladaptive patterns (prioritizing other needs over personal wellbeing).

• AKA: Excessive Accommodation Syndrome, Chronic People Pleasing, Approval Addiction.
• Context:
  • It can typically manifest Behavioral Pattern through boundary deficit.
  • It can typically maintain Validation Seeking through approval dependence.
  • It can typically create Identity Suppression through authenticity loss.
  • It can typically generate Stress Response through conflict avoidance.
  • It can typically produce Emotional Pattern through feeling suppression.
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  • It can often develop Mental Health Impact through chronic stress.
  • It can often create Social Limitation through autonomy reduction.
  • It can often affect Relationship Dynamic through self-neglect.
  • It can often influence Decision Pattern through external validation.
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  • It can range from being a Mild Behavioral Tendency to being a Severe Psychological Pattern, depending on its impact severity.
  • It can range from being a Situational Response to being a Chronic Condition, depending on its manifestation persistence.
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  • It can contribute to Anxiety Development for mental health.
  • It can lead to Depression Risk for emotional wellbeing.
  • It can trigger Burnout Pattern for energy depletion.
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• Examples:
  • Behavioral Manifestations, such as:
    • External Patterns, such as:
      • Excessive Apologizing for social interaction.
      • Overcommitment Pattern for task acceptance.
    • Internal Patterns, such as:
      • Guilt Response for self-prioritization.
      • Approval Anxiety for rejection fear.
  • Impact Areas, such as:
    • Professional Impacts, such as:
      • Workplace Boundary Issue for task overload.
      • Career Limitation for assertiveness deficit.
    • Personal Impacts, such as:
      • Relationship Strain for need suppression.
      • Identity Confusion for self-neglect.
  • Good Girl Syndrome.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Healthy Helping Pattern, which lacks compulsive accommodation.
  • Assertive Behavior Pattern, which lacks excessive compliance.
  • Balanced Relationship Style, which lacks self-sacrificing tendency.
• See: Behavioral Syndrome, Codependency Pattern, Perfectionist Syndrome, Anxiety Pattern, Self-Worth Issue.

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