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Old Jan 22, 2009, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Luce View Post
When with others I seem to automatically abandon myself and become whatever is required of me.
This makes sense ^ if your earlier environment required this to "survive".

Boundaries helped me to block out info from other people so that I could just focus on me and be authentic. Previously, I collected info about others in social situations that I did not need (what they wanted, what they were thinking, what they expected of me).
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