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Healing Ruined My Ability to Pretend (When You Stop People-Pleasing)
Healing doesn’t just change how you feel — it changes what you tolerate.
In this episode, I’m talking about the unexpected side effect of doing deep inner work: losing the ability to pretend. The polite social performance. The automatic people-pleasing. The role you played to keep everyone comfortable.
When healing happens, you may find yourself:
• unable to fake enthusiasm
• less willing to override your discomfort
• declining things you used to say yes to
• noticing tension you once ignored
• stepping out of roles that kept the peace but cost you yourself
This can feel confusing — even…
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