For context, I became a people pleaser probably around the time my mother threw in the towel around getting me to do anything. I can’t pinpoint it exactly but the effect of having a new brother and sister for my parents to focus on made me nervous. I didn’t know who I was supposed to be but I knew I was now a big sister and had responsibilities in that …
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