After what I would call a long- winded speech trying to summarise my life up until this far. My therapist, without loosing poise at what I thought would knock her off her socks because of how much of a “rare case” I was. To my disappointment turns out I was confronted with a case of lack of boundaries in my life. Not what I wanted to hear but after diving into this truly I realised most of my pain and unhappiness,confusion and helplessness came as a result of poor boundaries or lack there of. And get this! It turns out, like most things the ability/ inability to to set boundaries has a lot to do with the family you were raised in.
Do you have boundaries for yourself ? Or do you struggle to say no? Are you compliant so not to rock the boat?, do you suppress your needs and give all your energy to others. Are you too nice?a people pleaser ? Are you tired of feeling drained or overwhelmed by the responsibility of others ? Well, you are faced with the lack of boundaries in your life. The inability to set appropriate boundaries at appropriate times with the appropriate people can be destructive. Having boundaries for yourself is essentially taking ownership of your life.
In this episode we talk about:
- What is a boundary
- Who boundaries are for
- What happens when we don’t have boundaries in our relationship dynamics
- Why it may be difficult to set boundaries in our adult life.
I hope this episode is food for thought. In the next episode (pt2) we’ll go into what are the different types of boundaries,some effective ways to set boundaries in your life and how they are developed.
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