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How to Set Boundaries When Family Calls You Selfish

My mother calls me selfish every time I set any boundary and now I cannot tell the difference between being reasonable and being cruel.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Emotional manipulation has distorted the ability to distinguish healthy self-advocacy from genuine selfishness.

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