Anxiety is a clever storyteller. It whispers worst-case scenarios, narrates catastrophes that haven't happened, and convinces you that your thoughts are predictions rather than possibilities. Anyone who's lived with anxiety knows it's exhausting—not just mentally, but physically too.
Boundaries get a bad reputation. People imagine them as walls or ultimatums, when in reality they're more like gentle fences—markers that let others know where your comfort ends and your capacity begins. Most of us struggle with them because we were raised to be "nice," which sometimes translates into being endlessly available, accommodating, or...