The dangerous part of rejection is how it is internalized by our brain, heart, and soul. Rejection can often affect the way you view yourself. It is important to examine how the rejection is changing or shaping that view. Depending on the level of rejection, it could include feelings of sadness,...
The process of bonding and attachment is the emotional and spiritual adhering of ourselves to another person. It is a foundational aspect of development. It is where we download and internalize the love that will empower us to grow in the future.
Bonding, connection, and attachment are important...
When we feel powerless, we may believe that we have no control over our lives and that we are powerless to change our circumstances. This can lead to learned helplessness. Learned helplessness is a psychological condition in which a person believes that they are unable to control the events in...
What do you do when you’re on the other end of a relationship with a narcissist?
It’s good to know what you’re dealing with.
The first thing that you need to do is to normalize your feelings. You can’t get strategic with your emotions until you label them appropriately....
Healthy relationships require freedom. Boundaries are set in order to protect the individual thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of each person, so that they can bring their whole selves to the relationship. Boundary-less relationships can experience many types of dysfunction, but one way that a...
It is important to be able to say the word no to people in your life, in your relationships, your work, and other areas of life. The ability to say no is a sign of strength and self-respect. It shows that you are willing to stand up for yourself and that you are not a doormat.
If you have a hard...
Rejection hurts, and sometimes it really, really hurts? Why is that. Well, for starters, there is a biological and neurochemical reason that the pain of rejection hurts so much. You’re not overreacting. Your brain is working overtime processing these feelings.
If you’ve recently...
This month marks 5 years since we started Boundaries.Me. We are so grateful for the opportunity that we have had to be of service to our community. We created Boundaries.Me to be instructive, useful, and informative; to add structure, and to help you find healing and avoid unnecessary pain.
We...
Do you ever feel like someone is causing you to lose your grip on reality? If so, you may be a victim of gaslighting. Gaslighting is a form of emotional abuse in which the abuser tries to make the victim question their own version of events, memory, or perception. This can make the victim...
God places a high premium on the value of asking directly for help. Forms of the word ask appear almost 800 times in the Bible, many of them an invitation from God for us to ask for things:
“If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” (Matt. 21:22)
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Many of us live our entire lives surrounded by barbed wire without any trees to break our fall. We try to pick safe, loving, faithful friends and spouses. And over and over again, we become disappointed and discouraged.
God created us to hunger and thirst for love, because love is our fuel. And...
One of the most important aspects of your character in life, without question, is one’s ability to confront. It is true that you get what you tolerate. If the nature of reality is that there are always problems, if you do not confront them and instead tolerate them, then problems are what...
