Burning Bridges is Not a Boundary; It’s a Trauma Response

What if I told you there’s another way?

What if I told you there’s another way?

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I used to think that I was developing better boundaries at a time when what I was really doing was burning bridges. To me, destroying those links and keeping my distance felt self-protective, but I couldn’t see the way it was also self-sabotaging my relationships. I was a master o…