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The Sensitive and NeurodivergentBlog

Posts tagged autism self advocacy

The Cost of Being “Nice”: How People-Pleasing Harms Sensitive and Neurodivergent Souls by Julie Bjelland, LMFT

The Cost of Being “Nice”: How People-Pleasing Harms Sensitive and Neurodivergent Souls by Julie Bjelland, LMFT

Explore how people-pleasing impacts sensitive and neurodivergent lives, and how reclaiming boundaries helps rebuild self-trust.

Julie BjellandJune 24, 2025people pleasing, boundaries, sensitive nervous system, autistic burnout, neurodivergent healing, late discovered autism, self-trust, masking autism, nervous system care, unmasking, sensitive autistic phenotype, adult autism discovery, autism self advocacyComment

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