People-Pleasing Syndrome
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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:
- Internal Patterns, such as:
- Impact Areas, such as:
- Professional Impacts, such as:
- Personal Impacts, such as:
- Good Girl Syndrome.
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- Behavioral Manifestations, such as:
- 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.