Has anyone else experienced a part of themselves being in a "bind" or being "bound"

One of my parts is Compliance. It's the part of me that has always tried to do whatever it took to make sure everything was ok. People were happy. I was safe. There were/aren't any explosions of anger. Good enough to be safe and loved. Etc.

That part of me is learning about boundaries with curiosity and entertaining the idea of not having to always be compliant. There was a situation that happened 2 weekends ago, that put a light on what could happen if you aren't compliant. It has caused compliance to freak out! Because it is such a strong part of who I am, it is extremely hard place for me to be. I don't feel like "me." Compliance doesn't want to always comply anymore, but it feels like there is no other option to guarantee safety.

I hope that makes sense.

I talked with my counselor about this last night and he told me that Compliance was in a bind. It was bound. All the pieces of what we talked about last night aren't coming back to me. I think we got on a different topic, but I can't remember anything else that was said about it.

Has anyone else experienced this? Would anyone have anything they could share about maybe being in this kind of place?

Thank you!