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Article headline: "Children who were praised for being helpful and easy often become adults who are remarkably kind and deeply lonely at the same time – because they learned that being low-maintenance was how you earned love, and now they can’t ask for what they need without feeling like a burden"

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@[email protected] β€‹β€‹ sounds pretty close to me too
Show threada therian kittyMar 1
@mstar @[email protected] β€‹β€‹ same as well
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@[email protected] honeslty i feel like this describes this entire side of fedi
Show threadLilith Ashley Nyx Arson Mar 1
@[email protected] haha yeah
Show threadKatieMar 1
@[email protected] dont know what happened to me then because i was not praised and just locked in rooms and stuff alot.

Sooo... wwhy am i still kind but dismissive of myself and lonely?
Show threadNullMar 1
@[email protected] https://geediting.com/gen-bt-children-who-were-praised-for-being-helpful-and-easy-often-become-adults-who-are-remarkably-kind-and-deeply-lonely-at-the-same-time-because-they-learned-that-being-low-maintenance-was-how-you-e/ presumed source for those curious.
Children who were praised for being helpful and easy often become adults who are remarkably kind and deeply lonely at the same time - because they learned that being low-maintenance was how you earned love, and now they can't ask for what they need without feeling like a burden

They're the friend everyone turns to for support, the colleague who never complains, the family member who smooths over every conflict β€” yet beneath their endless giving lies a profound isolation they can't name or escape.

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@ActuallyAubrey ...
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@ActuallyAubrey fuuuuuck, mood, big mood
Show threadγ¬γγ‚‚γ‚ŠδΈθΆ³ - NukumoriMar 2
@ActuallyAubrey so true.