Nick Pollard
@peopledisplease
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5 Personal Growth Hacks You Will Probably Hate. 1. Mistakes Happen: Repeating those mistakes is a choice. 2. My responsiblity for other peoples feelings ends where my peace begins. 3. I do not control my circumstance only what I build from them 4. Feelings are not a choice,
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5 years of philosophy in under one minute: Generational trauma is actually just generational behavior that I kept engaging in. Trauma isn’t passed down; shitty behavior is. Changing your behavior is the only way to break the cycle. Being self-aware trumps what happened to you. I
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You’re not actually afraid of what anyone will think about your boundaries. You just don’t want to face the discomfort of standing up for yourself. You think you have to be a jerk to set boundaries, but when you use clear, kind, and mature language, it’s almost never a
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The phrase that changed my life permanently is triggering as shit, and you probably won’t like it. So what? Born into a bad family? So what. Childhood trauma? So what? Neurodivergent? So what? No matter what has happened to you, and no matter what will ever happen to you, your
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This too shall pass” is one of the dumbest things you can say to someone who is actively grieving. Right up there with “everything happens for a reason.” When you’re in the thick of it, no one cares about future relief or cosmic explanations. No one wants to hear that it will
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Most people want the outcomes but not the work. But everthing you really want is hiding behind the things you keep not doing.
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You do not have to let the old you die... At least, thats not all you have to do. Learning to love the old you is to learn to love this version of you.
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The hard part is knowing that and going any way so that you don’t have an exceedingly boring life. #traumahealing #PTSD #trauma #change
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If kicking your own A** was going to work, It would have already...
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You are responsible for how life turns out... Trauma? So What? ADHD? So What? PTSD? So What? Living your life is going to mean you have to stop using your past as an excuse to not have a brighter future. #trauma #traumahealing #change #ptsd
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What Happens if you don't fix this? It is really easy to think about how great the future is, but have you considered what happens if you don't change? Can you live with that result?
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Be a great people pleaser Say Yes To You Ask yourself for what you need Take yourself out on dates Give yourself a break Give yourself forgiveness Forgive yourself
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New year New You? Think Again... Creating a new you means letting old parts of you die, it not just about what you have to create it about what you have to give up as well.
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You are not socially anxious, you are trying to hard. You have to accept that you are enough, that the invite alone is your barrier to entry, that you deserve fun and connection. #gratitude #socialanxiety #peoplepleaser #boundaries #life
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Trauma culture is crippling people. Learning to get out of your own way means being more than self aware, it means behavior change and that is up to you.
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The reason people pleasers are boring? They try so hard to be perfect.
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You cannot change thme based on how much you love them. They will not get sober, see a therapist, hire a coach, lose weight, based on how much you care... You will be fighting that losing battle until you either walk away or you die. When someone shows you who they are it is
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Bonus gift from St. Nick: The pathway is simple, you're just scared to do it. Stop letting people sell you complexity. Do the work, win some, fail some, repeat. That's the whole system. What are you overcomplicating right now? 👇 #personalresponsibility #simplicity #boundaries
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St. Nick's next gift: You're not broken. You're protecting yourself. You'd rather pull the rug out before anyone else can because success doesn't feel safe when you've spent your whole life making yourself small. But the truth is, you earned this, you do belong
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