I have a hard time with boundaries. Not in crossing them but in seeing them. When I sense a boundary, I run 80 thousand miles in the other direction.
For example, I used to have my Ts extension but then they changed them. I tried asking my T for his extension twice and he was evasive (which is hilarious since I literally *never* call). I called him on it in a recent e-mail and intend to call him on it in session.
I like to be told point blank where the boundaries are. It makes me anxious when I have to divine them. Flexible boundaries make me panicky and yet are exactly what I need because I've lived a very rigid life. It's been good for me :P
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“It's a funny thing... but people mostly have it backward. They think they live by what they want. But really, what guides them is what they're afraid of.” ― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed
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