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setting boundaries

How can you set healthy boundaries? What should or shouldn't be included as a boundary? Don't worry, we've got your back.


It is NOT your job to...

- heal others

-please others at your expense

-make something work if the effort isn't mutual

-allow behavior, conversations, or actions that make you uncomfortable

-continuously compromise

-change yourself for other people

-anticipate someone's needs at any given time

-be available to talk to someone at any moment

-support someone else if you can't or don't want to

-give in to peer pressure if you don't want to do something

-be responsible for the mental wellbeing of another person

-apologize for someone else or solve their problems for them

-listen to rants or explanations that make you uncomfortable


It IS your job to...

-heal yourself

-listen to your own needs above someone else's

-communicate your feelings to friends/family/partners

-set healthy boundaries

-stand up for yourself politely and maturely

-say 'no' when you're not comfortable

-be supportive, but not if it means damaging yourself

-respect the comfort levels and feelings of others

-seek professional help for yourself when needed

-be kind

-be willing to have an open and honest conversation

-prioritize your own mental health before the mental health of another person



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