The worst people you know have discovered therapy words, and they’re using them all wrong – 17 examples you’ll need to talk to someone about
10.
“I am not responsible for your reaction” after being yelled at and abused
— Benny Shaps Doctor Wife (@RhiannonAlexis) July 16, 2024
11.
mine said he needed a safe non-judgemental space to do his extracurricular activities (it was meth)
— leaf (@tealeafling) July 16, 2024
12.
when an ex told me a boundary of his was that i wasn’t allowed to talk to him for at least 2 hours after coming home from work (i was the only one in the relationship with a job he spent all day at home playing video games while i worked a 9-5)
— cassie/eissac/ace ᕱ⑅ᕱ (@fairyidiotic) July 16, 2024
13.
Mine said I needed to “stop throwing around my progressive buzzwords” because I told him to stop gaslighting me.
Spoiler: He was in fact gaslighting, and had been for months. Took me presenting him with everything I’d found *months* before, for him to realize he fucked up. https://t.co/PE4LLBnhis
— (@KittyOffRecord) July 16, 2024
14.
My ex’s boundary was my emotionswtf
— EXQUISITE✨ (@_Gatalinda_) July 16, 2024
15.
I vaguely recall a study where a bunch of sociopaths were taught about empathy, and instead of using their newfound knowledge to self-reflect and engage in prosocial behavior, they used it to manipulate people
— bob’s burgers urbanist ️ (@yhdistyminen) July 14, 2024
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“I’m just being my most authentic self, and so you need to respect my boundaries, which are doing whatever I want and totally disrespecting yours. If you can’t do that, you’re obviously a narcissist and I won’t be part of toxic codependent behaviour (that makes me accountable).”
— Laurence “Black Flag” Fox (@fox_e_laurence) July 15, 2024
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babe it’s not really cheating since i’m actually just neurodivergent
— Ryan Marino, MD (@RyanMarino) July 15, 2024
And remember, if all this talk of boundaries is still confusing you, here’s a handy explainer.
reminder: boundaries are rules & limits we set for OURSELVES, not others.
the following are NOT boundaries:
“you can’t talk to that person”
“you can’t go out”
“you have to tell me where you’re going”
“you can’t wear that”
“you can’t post that”those are controlling behaviors+ https://t.co/9kD6iPoDpl
— Kemi Marie (they/them) (@kemimarie) July 16, 2024
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