Ways to Set and Keep Your Personal Boundaries

What are personal boundaries?
Personal boundaries can build healthy relationships and also maintain your personal space. If you develop personal boundaries, you will be able to build your own identity and stand up for yourselves.

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Types of personal boundaries

Healthy: Such boundaries enable you to be able to say “no” when you want some time off to yourself.
Porous: Such boundaries doesn’t enable you to say “no” easily. You end up sharing things you don’t feel like talking about.
Rigid: Such boundaries evolve if you are uncomfortable asking for help, or feel detached from intimacy, and keep a distance from others as you fear rejection.

Examples of personal boundaries
Setting up personal boundaries make you feel confident. here are some ways to set healthy personal boundaries:

You don’t want to be dependent on others.
You can bow out of any activity that is being forced.
You will take time to answer phone calls or emails.
You will acquire more information before making a purchase.
You will cancel commitments if you aren’t feeling well.

Establishing healthy personal boundaries

When you establish personal boundaries, you should not feel that you are selfish. You can still be loving without the feeling of being cut-off from others.
Make a list of all the physical and emotional trauma that you have gone through.
Talk to others and let them know that you have made your list of personal boundaries and they should accept it.
People might try to talk you out, but let them know that they have to accept it.
Keep working on it and train yourself
Reward and acknowledge the help of everyone if you are able to keep your personal boundaries intact.

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