Faking Happiness; 3 Reason Why You Do It
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs
Lisa A. Romano
4.8 • 805 Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Do you fake happiness, or try to pretend you are more okay than you are? If so, you're not alone. Faking happiness is something many of us do without even noticing we are doing it. If you grew up feeling unworthy, and not good enough, you may have been brainwashed and psychologically conditioned to fake happiness. Adult children react to adult situations much like a child would, feeling subordinate to those we perceive as authorities in our lives.
Healthy well adjusted adults can make mistakes without being overwhelmed with shame, guilt, and overresponsibility. On the other hand, those of us who struggle with a poor sense of self, who are codependent, who seek approval are those who don't know how to tap into our authentic selves without recoiling. We are those who have been raised to seek approval and deny our true emotions for the sake of validation, acceptance, and in fear of rejection.
In this episode, you will learn about why so many of us fake happiness and how you can begin living a more authentic life.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | My name is Lisa A. Romano. |
| 0:08.0 | I am a life coach, best-selling author, YouTube vlogger, meditation teacher, an expert in the field of codependency and narcissistic abuse. |
| 0:16.0 | I am a believer in the power of an organized mind. |
| 0:20.0 | My aim is to help people learn what it means to live above the veil of consciousness |
| 0:24.9 | rather than living a reactive life. |
| 0:28.3 | May your heart feel blessed, your mind feel expanded, and your spirit find hope |
| 0:32.8 | as you spend time with me here at the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast. |
| 0:38.5 | So today, we're going to be talking about three major reasons, wounded adult children, |
| 0:43.2 | fake happiness. |
| 0:44.3 | When we're talking about adult children, we're talking about adults who feel like children. |
| 0:49.2 | We're talking about those of us who grew up and who feel inadequate. |
| 0:53.0 | We have very low self-worth and we respond |
| 0:57.3 | to adult situations very much like a child would. We subjugate our needs for the sake of others. |
| 1:03.3 | We feel subordinate to other people. There's a real lack of self-efficacy. We don't feel like |
| 1:10.5 | we have the ability to stand up for ourselves, |
| 1:13.5 | to speak on behalf of ourselves. There's a real deficit and the ability to self-advocate. |
| 1:20.7 | And adult children come from all walks of life. And it doesn't matter if you come from |
| 1:26.0 | Zimbabwe or New Zealand or Australia or Queens, |
| 1:30.2 | New York, where I am, where I was born and raised. It doesn't matter. If you grew up feeling |
| 1:35.7 | unworthy, if you grew up feeling not good enough, if you grew up in a home where there was |
| 1:41.7 | addiction, if you grew up in a home where there were family |
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