Why Your Need to Please is Destroying You - Erich Fromm

This video explores how excessive people-pleasing isn't true kindness but a destructive form of self-betrayal rooted in fear. Inspired by Erich Fromm's teachings, the video explains: How our compulsive need to please others stems from childhood experiences where love was conditional The devastating physical, emotional, spiritual, and relational costs of false kindness Why this pattern is so difficult to break (fear of abandonment, identity issues, social reinforcement) The distinction between authentic generosity and self-destructive people-pleasing Practical steps to break free from the prison of false kindness and develop authentic relationships