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When external boundaries don't resolve internal overwhelm

My therapist says I have healthy boundaries but I still feel invaded and exhausted after every social interaction

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Boundary-setting skills address external dynamics but haven't reached the sensitive exile parts that experience normal human interaction as intrusive.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Parts work and Internal Family Systems?”

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