Boundaries

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Social obligations come to mind. Sometimes I attend things solely for others even when I really don't want to & other times I'll play hooky & serve solely myself by getting out of the dreadful "obligation".
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I Do this also. But this is something I struggle a lot with. I actually feel that there's a big difference between helping/serving people and doing stuff/being places to please others. Whenever I succumb to the pressure and do something I don't want to do simply to please another I don't feel like I'm serving the creator, I feel like I'm being taken advantage of, like I'm a slave, and I feel ashamed and bitter. I'm very sensitive to the manipulations of others, like I can see the subtle threads of force binding me.