Setting Boundaries - Part III
Why Setting Boundaries With Family Is So Hard
If you want to know how strong your boundaries are, try setting them with your family.
It feels like an almost impossible task.
Even when you manage to say no, a moment later you feel inner pressure rising and you find yourself explaining and softening your words. It's an attempt to make your boundaries somewhat acceptable.
No matter how hard you try, it's often not enough.
Sometimes you might be lucky, and the boundary you set is accepted, at least for that day. But later things go back to the old draining dynamics. It's a bit like Sisyphus rolling the rock up the mountain just another time…