You're right, I am, or at least was, very much like that. I rasied 3 boys on my own and still worry about at least 1 of them. And it's safe to say I'm a recovering people pleaser.

I'm going to have to check out that book. His description is spot on.

It's starting to lift a bit, thankfully, my issues are more rapid cycling, so episodes last froma number of days to a number of weeks.