Posts Tagged emotional dependency

Maintaining Your Emotional Boundaries Requires A Constant Vigil

I am angry right now. I have allowed many of my personal boundaries to become breached over the last week. I’m feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. I’m trying to make really good decisions yet, I feel like I’m being stuffed back down into the box from which I recently escaped. Writing is my depression therapist. For me, sharing my thoughts with you is my best treatment for depression.

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How To Honor Your Emotional Boundaries and Break Up With Grace and Dignity

I recently sent this letter to a new suitor. I entered into this relationship against my better judgment. Turns out, my instinct was right.

I found myself reverting to old patterns and allowing him to breach each emotional boundary I had established. I am ashamed to admit it but my emotional autonomy was being eroded and many of my emotional dependency issues began to arise.

I began to recognize some familiar head games and could see the mental abuse going on. My A$$ was getting handed to me and I felt like I was spiraling into an emotional depression. I felt like retreating. I knew I had to do something to salvage all the good work I had done over the past 6 months. I resolved to quietly end things on my terms.

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