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Interview #39: Stop Being Nice (Dating & Relationships with Dr. Robert Glover)

The Thinking Mind Podcast: Psychiatry & Psychotherapy

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Neurosis and Human Growth by Karen Hornay

In the book Neurosis and Human Growth by Karen Hornay, she talks about how many people have what she calls a basic anxiety. She says one of these neurotic patterns is to tend towards others in a kind of compliant submissive way which to me sounds quite similar to the nice guy archetype. Yes. So anxiety is a big part of the nice guy syndrome.

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