People-pleasers drain themselves trying to satisfy others and lose their sense of self. The trade-off is real: you either lose fake friendships or lose yourself. Setting boundaries means saying no without explaining why.
One thing I did wrong in my life was I tried for so many years to please people, and I did it at the expense of myself. I was leaving a lot in the tank, and when you do that, you stop living. The person in your life is happy as fuck because you give them everything they want. Their life is full, but you feel empty.
It's true. If you're authentic, you might lose some attachment relationships. That's going to be painful. But which pain would you rather have? The pain of being authentic and losing some friendships that were no friendships at all, or the pain of losing yourself?
I can definitely confirm you're gonna lose some friendships along the way. Holy moly. My personality is to, like, just be honest with people and try to succeed, and I'm not perfect at it, but I'm always trying to improve. You know, sometimes we say yes to things we don't really want to do. I'm gonna just say no if I don't want to do it, and no is a full sentence. I don't have to explain why if I don't want to do it. I can just say no.