Are you a conflict avoider, an approval-seeker or a perfectionist? Why people-pleasing is more complex than you might expect

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Are you a conflict avoider, an approval-seeker or a perfectionist? Why people-pleasing is more complex than you might expect

By Alex Sims

4 months ago

6 min read

Typically, we see people-pleasers as individuals who are passive and nice all of the time, constantly bending over backwards to make others happy. However, psychologists now believe there are different types of people-pleasers who express their need to satisfy others in many different ways. We asked experts why being a people-pleaser is more complex than you might expect. 


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