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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.