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Dr. Aziz on why people react to boundaries with anger, disappointment, and betrayal. He describes these reactions as feeling like a knife in the heart, and traces his own struggle with over-accommodating others despite the emotional cost.
Dr. Aziz on why people react to boundaries with anger, disappointment, and betrayal. He describes these reactions as feeling like a knife in the heart, and traces his own struggle with over-accommodating others despite the emotional cost.
Maybe if that person asks you to do something and you say no, they're gonna have some feelings about it. Maybe they're gonna be upset with you. They're gonna be disappointed with you. They're gonna be angry with you. What do you, how could you say no to me? You owe this to me. You're supposed to do that. Or they'll be sad. They'll be disappointed like, oh, you don't wanna go to the movie with me? Okay. And man, isn't that like a knife in the heart? Like, oh, oh. And if you're anything like me, who ran this pattern for many years. I'll describe the pattern just a
