Kati Morton

It doesn't matter how much therapy you've done or how much distance you've created. Some relationships just have a way of pulling you back into who you used to have to be. That isn't a sign that the progress you've made isn't real. It's a sign that the pattern you're recovering from is real.

If you've ever felt like your boundaries "don't work," it's worth asking yourself: was it a boundary, or was it a request?

Neither is wrong. But they're not the same thing.