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Don't Think with Carla Bezanson

I’m Fine, But Only If You Like Me

Don't Think with Carla Bezanson

Dear Media

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Snarly Carly, Mental Health, Carla Bezanson, Dear Media

4.9547 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

If the group chat leaves you on read, do you assume everyone hates you? Same. Let’s talk people-pleasing, “is everyone mad at me” spirals, and the incessant need for validation from others - aka why needing to be liked is the fastest way to lose your mind.


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0:00.0

The following podcast is a Dear Media production.

0:13.3

Hello.

0:14.6

What's up, you guys?

0:15.9

Welcome to Don't Think, episode two.

0:18.9

This is a podcast for people whose brains simply never shut the fuck up.

0:23.6

I'm your host, Carla Bissanson. Thank you so much for joining today. And I need to start this

0:29.0

episode by just making a little caveat, okay? If you are someone who knows who you are with

0:35.9

conviction, you love yourself deeply, you're sure of yourself.

0:40.2

This episode is not for you. You're welcome to stay. I would love to have the listenership.

0:46.2

Please, if you want to see how the other half live, if you want to be like, wow, that sounds terrible.

0:51.3

I'm so glad I'm not like them. Then please do stay. But this episode,

0:55.5

it's for my fellow people pleasers, my fellow anxious mind. In fact, I want to play a quick little

1:01.4

game. If you relate to any of the following, this episode is really going to hit home for you.

1:08.0

So number one, you rehearse your Starbucks order in your

1:12.1

head like literally seven times before saying it out loud. And then you still manage to fuck it up.

1:18.5

And you're super embarrassed about it, even though you'll never see that person again. Me every,

1:22.5

every day. Number two, if someone asks you like a simple question, where do you want to eat?

1:29.9

You'll continue to say, oh, I don't care.

1:32.7

Wherever you want is fine, despite the fact that you actually have a strong preference.

1:37.4

And then you'll end up eating somewhere you absolutely hate and you're miserable.

1:41.6

Number three, if you add exclamation marks at the end of text messages

1:46.1

or even work emails just to make sure that the person receiving it knows for certain

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