I’m too protective &empathetic to be the https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">unconditional accepting friendhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">. Like yeah I’ll be loving u from a distance and here if u need me but I can’t and don’t stand by and watch ppl I care about do shit over and over and..over, that hurts them. Bc it hurts/drains me too

And Any friend who has come to me with some shit can tell you they’ve experienced this. I’m motherly and supportive af the first couple times. After that I’m letting you know that you’re wrong and making poor choices. After that, My trauma response after that is to leave it alone

*after that my trauma response is to leave it alone.

And people are so entitled that they believe that people have to continue to extend themselves while they do whatever- totally disregarding people have their own max capacity limits.. and that’s dead lmao.

the situation that inspired this thread happened when I was 16/17 tho. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen"> I felt so guilty abt stepping back from people until I really sat with it and realized it’s ok to have limits and boundaries for yourself. Especially when it comes to ur own mental wellness