LibraryScenariosWhen your boundaries are dismissed as overreaction
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When your boundaries are dismissed as overreaction

My roommate keeps touching my hair without asking and when I told her to stop she said I was being too sensitive.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Your bodily autonomy is being violated and your attempts to assert basic respect are being pathologized as excessive sensitivity.

Worth thinking about

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