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Why boundary-setting collapses under interpersonal pressure

I can maintain perfect boundaries at work for weeks but then one person pushes me and I completely cave and say yes to everything again.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Intellectual commitments to self-protection dissolve when confronted with the deeper fear of conflict, rejection, or others' emotional discomfort.

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