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Beautifully said. So important for complex trauma survivors to know🌷

How Trauma Teaches You to Tolerate Disrespect (and How to Unlearn It) | Brené Brown Motivation Have you ever wondered why you keep accepting disrespect, staying s...

This!!! 🙌💜

You care deeply, and you often notice other people’s pain before they even name it.

You want to help, support, and show up, even when it costs you something.

That instinct becomes harmful when empathy keeps pulling you past your own limits.

Empathy without boundaries leads to exhaustion, resentment, and quiet self-abandonment.

Boundaries protect your emotional and mental health while allowing you to care without losing yourself.

They help you decide what is yours to carry and what is not.

You can understand someone’s pain and still step back when it starts to harm you.

You can be compassionate and still say no without guilt.

Helping others should not require sacrificing your peace, energy, or sense of self.

Ask yourself
• Is this my responsibility
• What happens to me if I keep giving this much
• What do I need to stay grounded

Protecting yourself is not selfish.

It is how you stay whole while helping others.