It's Not Normal
It's Not Normal
Casey Smith
My Decision to Go NO CONTACT - Setting and Maintaining Boundaries | It’s Not Normal | Ep. 11
33 minutes Posted Jan 11, 2024 at 9:00 pm.
Intro
What is a Boundary?
Setting My First Boundary
Navigating Boundaries After I Moved Out
My Role and Responsibilities in the Family Dynamic
You Can’t Reason with Unreasonable People
The Stress of Interactions with Unresolved Trauma
Opportunities to do the Right Thing
The Emotionally Unskilled Family and the Start of my Healing Journey
My Decision to go No Contact
Tying Myself to an Uncomfortable Conversation
How Setting Boundaries Has Helped Me
The Ups and Downs of the Healing Journey
Developing My Sense of Self
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Show notes
‘You cannot heal in the same environment that made you sick.’
A self-protection strategy, setting boundaries in a controlling relationship dictates the behavior you are or are not willing to tolerate. Making the decision to go no contact is rarely an easy one. In this week’s episode, I explore boundaries, how I discovered them and how that ultimately led to my decision to go no contact with my narcissistic parent.
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