Boundaries 4 Codependents

I find that rings true in my own family situation,...

2011-06-23T14:24:01.951-04:00

I find that rings true in my own family situation, I just find it much harder to relax around them, everyone always seems to be sizing up the other, and I have a sibling who talks about every other member of my family to me as though she is a seasoned psychiatrist on their lives and has all the labels for everyone, it's as though she has managed almost too well to distance herself emotionally, and sit in judgment.

Is that why it's harder to heal around your famly, do you think? I am an adult child coming to some realisations myself about my own victim stance, and now am doing my best to educate myself, but one family member in particular always seems to be wishing you well with a knife in your back while they smile..and she reckons she's on a higher path to enlightnment and is a group facilitator for a group of addict or addict survivors.

I find that rings true in my own family situation,...

2011-06-23T14:23:36.206-04:00

I like the idea that boundaries are the containers...

2010-06-01T00:35:49.222-04:00

I like the idea that boundaries are the containers for self-esteem. I have been studying self-esteem for awhile, and without internal boundaries I was unable to implement and enforce it.