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Upholding my boundaries is exhausting (redlemmy.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's barely noon and I'm ready for bed.

People that take too much require an exhausting amount of energy to defend against. By the time I'm done protecting myself, they've usually got what they want anyway, it sometimes feels like there's no point

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

You’ve got the choice of who is in your life and to what extent.

It’s a little bit complicated when it’s family. But you still have the choice, on a long term scale.