tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post6647039884137696950..comments2024-03-22T15:51:18.453-04:00Comments on 8th Day: Boundaries8thdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-31939909018741132152013-08-25T15:06:20.177-04:002013-08-25T15:06:20.177-04:00I have been reading the news out of Mumbai and thi...I have been reading the news out of Mumbai and thinking of you. Hope you are well. Sending you love and hugs.Mattynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-20797162113534847062013-08-25T14:35:15.944-04:002013-08-25T14:35:15.944-04:00Kudos for growth and strength for being able to ex...Kudos for growth and strength for being able to excise that person from your life. Middle Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12334580430376973159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-49525619883142199212013-08-22T21:25:26.217-04:002013-08-22T21:25:26.217-04:00Great list 8thday. Understanding and enforcing pe...Great list 8thday. Understanding and enforcing personal boundaries is critical for PTSD people to function. e nails it - respecting your boundaries is respecting yourself. And if a friend does not respect your boundaries, they do not respect you. Absolutely time for a new friend. <br /><br />Further, I am so pleased to see how far you have come. I wouldn't wish cancer on anyone, but as Michelenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-18210933927530843482013-08-22T16:35:32.145-04:002013-08-22T16:35:32.145-04:00How anyone could consider "only email me thro...How anyone could consider "only email me through this one address, and please do not share my story with others" as land mines I will never understand. But consider the source. At least something good came of it - you are now free of guilt and of her. <br />rennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-79411985713750009922013-08-22T16:33:50.946-04:002013-08-22T16:33:50.946-04:00I am so glad that you are appreciating your bounda...I am so glad that you are appreciating your boundaries. They are essential! They are integral to who you are; they are good! Boundaries are an early warning system - do not ignore them. They are a form of your intuition, one which women in particular, often ignore. Please feel strong in your boundaries. <br /><br />It makes me happy to know that you have the courage to sever ties with ehttp://plufrompdx.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-49833696188618870592013-08-22T15:31:39.010-04:002013-08-22T15:31:39.010-04:00"I am thankful for the difficult people in my..."I am thankful for the difficult people in my life. They have shown me exactly who I don't want to be."<br /><br />—Unknown<br /><br />Of course your needs are valid!!! Whether you have a traumatic back story or not!!! Yes to all of this! Yes! Good riddance to unkind, selfish people. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-46799167420486334222013-08-22T14:31:06.536-04:002013-08-22T14:31:06.536-04:00Thank you. I will read this advice every day. I...Thank you. I will read this advice every day. I have problems establishing any boundaries at all, which is why I often become everyone’s doormat. Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06103185181130870896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-19997159499914338742013-08-22T14:13:28.470-04:002013-08-22T14:13:28.470-04:00I am sorry that you went through this with a so-ca...I am sorry that you went through this with a so-called “friend.” Someone who can’t or won’t, respect your boundaries is not a friend, but has some other agenda going on. What I find particularly sad is that, much like rape culture, people who don’t respect other’s boundaries tend to blame that person for having them. In your example, your friend called your boundaries “landmines” which onceSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00878879338335090175noreply@blogger.com