Managing a body versus living in one
When rejection happens, as it inevitably does, your nervous system is flooded with uncertainty.
Why Do I Feel Like Something Is Wrong With Me?
Most people think of boundaries as a task problem: the meeting you learn to decline, the favor you finally say no to, the project you hand back instead of absorbing. Task boundaries are the easy version of the problem, and you've probably already solved for those.
Emotional boundaries ask something harder — knowing where you end and someone else begins.
Performing: The Exhaustion Nobody Talks About
Smiling at the right moment. Saying the right thing. Making sure you present only the part of yourself you are certain will be approved.

