Maybe you’ve recently discovered that you are a people pleaser. What is so wrong with that? You like to make others happy!
The truth is, people-pleasing is a damaging behavior for several reasons. Keep reading to learn more about the dangers of people-pleasing and how it may be hurting you.
People Pleasing Can Damage Your Physical Health
When you take on risks and activities you aren’t comfortable with just to make someone else happy, you are being a people-pleaser. These risks and activities can lead to physical damage.
Here is a question, have you ever gotten hurt doing something stupid to impress somebody? Yeah, don’t worry – we all have.
You Can Damage Your Mental Health
Besides your physical health, your mental health is in jeopardy when you constantly people-please. As a people pleaser, you often don’t make enough time to care for yourself, and self-care is essential for maintaining mental health. When you disregard your mental health for too long, this can cause serious conditions like burnout and depression.
You May Get Into a Toxic Relationship
People pleasers don’t know how to say no, and sadly, there are people out there that will take advantage of this fact. Namely – toxic people who like to control others. Toxic relationships are unhealthy, as they frequently contain mental – or even physical – abuse.
It is extremely difficult to leave toxic relationships, so difficult in fact that many people don’t get out soon enough. If you are a constant people-pleaser, you will find it harder to spot (and listen to) the signs indicating someone is toxic.
You Won’t Be As Successful
In addition to all the physical and mental damage, people-pleasing can cause, it also keeps you from achieving your dreams. You are so focused on saying yes to others and making them happy that you put what you need to do on the backburner. This means that someday you could come to realize you are working a job that you hate in a city you hate-all because you couldn’t say no and tell others that you needed to focus on yourself.
As you can see, being a people pleaser is quite dangerous all around. It hurts your physical and mental health and keeps you from success. So if you want to live a happy and healthy life filled with success, it’s time to stop being a people pleaser right away.
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