Sometimes we become so focused on understanding someone’s behavior that we forget we’re also allowed to respond to it. Understanding the “why” can create compassion. But compassion doesn’t require continued access, repeated chances, or abandoning your own boundaries. Sometimes the pattern IS the information. #Psychology #HumanBehavior #Boundaries #SelfAwareness #Relationships

messy isn’t a moral failure (if you needed to hear this)

when your brain just says nope and you can’t start