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Boundaries As Safety Signals
- Boundaries are safety measures that signal how we want to be treated in relationships.
- They function like traffic lights: green, yellow, red, and can be expectations, requests, or behavior changes.
Detox Center Smoke-Break Confrontations
- Nedra recalled enforcing smoke-break limits at a detox center and being loudly confronted.
- She emphasized that people often react strongly even when rules are known in advance.
Prepare Post-Conversation Self-Care
- Plan self-nurturing after difficult boundary conversations to tolerate distress.
- Call a friend, journal, take a bath, or otherwise reassure yourself after the talk.