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Originally Posted by TrailRunner14
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Boundaries ARE scary but you can do it. I have confidence in you and I believe you can do it.
(He actually said that tonight and I wanted to put it here to validate it.)
It still scares the crap out of me.
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TR, you've a right to boundaries. I'm learning that too since I was not allowed any boundaries.
However badly your H reacts to your boundaries, it does NOT make your boundaries wrong. My parents get angry when I set boundaries and they escalate in order to try to force me to give in.
On the reddit group "raided by narcissists", that escalation is called "an extinction burst".
My T and them tell me that as I keep enforcing boundaries, eventually they'll learn. Or if they won't, there's the option of leaving. Which I know is harder than people say.