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In Are You Mad at Me?, psychotherapist Meg Josephson explodes the idea that people-pleasing is a personality trait. Instead, she illuminates how it's actually a common trauma response (also known as "fawning"): an instinct often learned in childhood to become more appealing to a perceived threat in order to feel safe. Yet many people are stuck in this way of being for their whole lives.

Experience the smells, sounds, textures, signs, and tastes of the kitchen as a daughter lovingly prepares squash stew for her family on a brisk fall day.

Beim People Pleasing handelt es sich nicht um einen Charakterzug, sondern um eine Traumareaktion. Die Angst des Kindes in einem unsicheren Elternhaus wird zur grundsätzlichen Angst, abgelehnt zu werden. Sie zeigt, wie man Schritt für Schritt ein Gefühl der inneren Sicherheit kultiviert und die alten Schutzmechanismen ablegt, um authentisch und mit Selbstachtung zu leben.