If you are someone who tends to put others before yourself, you might be so preoccupied with how they feel that you aren’t as in tune with your own feelings.

You are so used to suppressing and masking your emotions that it’s easy to overlook your own anxiety.

Here are 10 signs you can look out for to see if you are more anxious than you initially realise!

How do you know if you’re a people-pleaser?

Identifying if you are a people-pleaser involves reflecting on your thoughts, feelings and patterns of behaviour. Practice noticing how you tend to respond and feel in certain situations, and you will be able to recognise if you are consistently putting others' needs before your own and have become caught in an unhelpful people-pleasing trap. See if you can relate to these common signs:

For most of my life, I carried an inflated sense of responsibility for others and found myself trapped in a cycle of people-pleasing. I wasn’t aware of it at the time, but it was as if my self-worth hinged on my ability to cater to everyone else’s needs and gain their approval. I was starting to feel resentful. I knew something had to change.