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Is People Pleasing Common in ADHD?

What if saying "no worries" a thousand times was never politeness, but a survival strategy your brain built to dodge rejection?

Alice wants the answer to be yes: is people pleasing a sign of ADHD? First she reframes herself, not a people pleaser but a "recovering self-sacrificer." Pleasing from love is a gift. Pleasing because you're terrified of being a burden is something else. If you've ever wondered whether pleasing people is part of ADHD, this one's for you.

Alice's reframe: the science on ADHD and people pleasing is messier than the internet admits. People pleasing isn't in the ADHD…

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