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Anxiety
Stress & burnout
Self-esteem
What high-functioning anxiety actually looks like
High-functioning anxiety describes people who meet their responsibilities and appear successful on the outside while experiencing significant internal distress, racing thoughts, and constant worry. They often go undiagnosed because their…
Lauren McCoy··6 min read
Self-esteem
Relationships
Therapy approaches
Waiting until you feel safe enough to open up in group therapy keeps people-pleasers quiet
Feeling safe enough to open up in group therapy usually arrives after you speak, not before. People-pleasers tend to wait for a sense of ease that never shows up unprompted because safety in a group gets built out of small disclosures that…
Lauren McCoy··9 min read