Are Boundaries Selfish?
Almost Adulting with Violet Benson
Violet Benson
4.8 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Hey Besties! Welcome to the second week of Benson Bootcamp, a boot camp specifically designed to help you become the best version of yourself, no matter how bad it hurts. It’s called BOOTCAMP for a reason, duh!
This week on Almost Adulting we’re having the difficult discussion about boundary setting. Though it may be hard, these realizations will not only be long-lasting, but also help you love yourself a little more. Violet tells an in depth story about her friend who possesses the fatal victim mentality flaw. Ya know, that kind of friend who never fails to make EVERYTHING about themselves, and when you finally cut them off your life becomes inexplicably better? Yeah, that type. But that’s what setting boundaries can do. It aids you in protecting your mental health, having inner peace, and taking control of your own emotions and thoughts even when you don’t have control over other people’s words and actions. Besties, if there’s one thing you take from this please let it be that you are NEVER selfish for setting boundaries and prioritizing yourself. You are your biggest advocate and supporter, now act like it!
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What to Listen For:
- 00:00 Introduction
- 00:53 Let’s call my friend Nicole
- 15:51 The main issue is my lack of boundaries
- 19:41 Everyone gets tired of pretending
- 21:00 When you start setting boundaries for yourself
- 25:09 “We never really know why people do what they do.”
- 27:13 We can choose to not be a victim
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| 0:00.0 | You can be sensitive and still be a shitty person. |
| 0:03.6 | Being sensitive does not remove you from taking accountability for your actions. |
| 0:08.2 | You can be sensitive and still destroy everything in your path. |
| 0:11.4 | You can be sensitive and still have no empathy for anyone else but yourself. |
| 0:15.3 | It's file events in your favorite meme queen in the big city you didn't ask for but |
| 0:19.8 | be a welcome to almost adulting. |
| 0:29.4 | Hey Basties! This is your big sister, Violetta, and you're listening to almost adulting. |
| 0:35.3 | Your number one podcast from mental health and dating. |
| 0:39.1 | Before we start, I want to make sure that you download this episode right now. |
| 0:44.0 | Also, don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already since we have so many amazing |
| 0:49.0 | episodes coming out this year. Today we are talking about boundaries. |
| 0:52.6 | I'm on the phone with my best friend, now ex-best friend. |
| 0:55.8 | I was not speaking to her for a long time. |
| 0:58.0 | And we became friends again and things were going well. |
| 1:02.2 | We're on the phone and randomly before we're about to hang up, |
| 1:05.3 | I just decided to bring something up. |
| 1:06.8 | Something that's been on my mind. |
| 1:08.4 | Something that my intuition was telling me that was off but I tried to deny myself. |
| 1:13.5 | Let's call my friend Nicole. |
| 1:14.7 | And I go, hey, this is going to sound so silly. |
| 1:18.8 | But you know those two girls that we're friends with? |
| 1:21.5 | I've noticed that recently, they completely stop talking to me and they get really weird around me. |
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