Why is it so hard to ask for what we want?

Thomas P Seager, PhD

Jul 22, 2022

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Because our parents trained us to be responsible for their emotions

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Tadeo

Feb 21

Emotional coregulation seems like a nice mechanism for group survival.

Either we spiral out enough to scare any predators away, or we follow the emotionally regulated individual who actually mastered the situation and jas no reason to spiral like the others. Leadership and followership may be hardwired behavioral adaptations in humans.

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Why is it so hard to ask for what we want?