Practicing Boundaries After Trauma

Caitlin Fisher
Nov 7 · 5 min read
Photo by Kai Pilger on Unsplash

Boundaries take practice, especially when you have a history of trauma. Being a survivor of abuse can make the inner alarm bells malfunction — they either don’t go off at all because mistreatment has been normalized, or they go off at the slightest whiff of something that reminds you of a past traumatic experience.

This can make it extremely difficult to establish and maintain healthy boundaries.

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Caitlin Fisher

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Queer, autistic, prone to sudden bursts of encouragement. Shey/her. Buy my book: bit.ly/GaslightingMillennials

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