When you're "on" too much for others but not enough for yourself

The Overwhelmed Brain

Paul Colaianni

Therapy, Emotions, Sad, Health, Mental Health, Personal, Abuse, Anxiety, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Psychological, Self-improvement, Mind, Stress, Emotional, Anger, Philosophy, Divorce, Psychology, Addiction, Happiness, Happy, Development, Thinking, Success, Education, Frustration, Sadness, Manipulation, Resistance, Brain, Depression, Overwhelm, Mental

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🗓️ 24 April 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

When you're always "on," it means you put on your game face in every interaction with others. It's like being in customer service and having to smile at every single customer that walks in the door. Do this all day and you'll probably want to crawl inside your shell when you get home. In today's episode, I talk about what this is like from celebrities to baristas to anyone that feels like they need to be "on" all the time.

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0:00.0	If you've been hurtful to someone you care about and you want to change that about yourself,
0:05.1	maybe the healed being program is right for you. Life-changing lessons and a private discussion
0:10.4	and support group where you can be yourself, ask questions, and share whatever you want with
0:15.8	me and others in the group. Check it out over at healedbeing.com. Life presents the toughest
0:22.4	challenges. Every day you are faced with decisions that test your ability to express who you really
0:28.2	want to be in this world. We're told to keep saying affirmations and keep thinking positively,
0:33.6	but what do you do when that stuff doesn't work? Welcome to the overwhelmed brain where you'll
0:39.2	learn to make decisions that are right for you so that you can create the life you want now.
0:48.6	Hello, this is Paul Coliani and I want to help you learn the skillset you need to deal with
1:02.1	life's challenges in the most emotionally intelligent way. Hopefully I can do that. This
1:08.1	show consists of my personal opinions and is meant for informational purposes only. So glad you
1:13.7	here. Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you again next week. No, I'm going to start the show
1:18.8	right now. I want to talk about this email that came in. I want to talk about something that I
1:23.2	haven't really maybe ever discussed. And it's an interesting question and I've been sitting on it
1:30.2	for a while, but I want to address it now. So I'm just going to go ahead and read this question.
1:35.0	It's not that long. The person wrote, hey, I'm listening to your podcast as many people do during
1:39.7	the pivotal time of deciding what is going on in my relationship. My question is, do you have a
1:45.8	specific podcast addressing people who are with someone in the music industry who is used to praise?
1:54.0	I would think that person who is emotionally abusive could never be satisfied
1:58.5	and a mutual relationship because a partner could never satisfy a person who needs constant
2:03.8	validation and praise and they receive it from their fan base is the battle more difficult for
2:10.8	them. I hope that makes sense. If not, let me know and I can explain in more detail. And thanks
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