Dr. William (Bill) Dodson

They say, no thanks, I want no part of that.

You can go on yourself.

I'm going to stay here.

And so they basically live pretty much meaningless lives.

And lonely lives because they can't ask somebody out for a date.

Another, probably the most frequent one, is what I call people pleaser.

People learn to scan the room.

They can read the room faster and better than anybody else.

Strangers can walk in, and in a matter of seconds, they can tell you what that person likes, approves of, praises, rewards, and that's what they give them.

They're constantly anticipating the needs of everybody else around them and fulfilling that need before a person's even aware of it.

And this gets so pervasive that they lose track of what they wanted in their lives.

It's just not a thing.

If you ask them, what do you want?

They, you know, I want everybody to be happy.

It's always this, I want other people to be happy so that they don't get unhappy with me.

And when somebody gets on medication for RSD, it's essentially gone.

All of a sudden, they don't have to do this anymore.

And when they say, when is it my turn for other people to meet my needs?

And they don't.

The rage from that is six months in therapy.