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Boundaries, communication, attachment and conflict: reading on how we connect with other people.
Criticism often starts as a wish to be heard and ends as an attack on character. The shift that works is small: complain about the situation, not the person, and notice what is going right.
Needing space isn't a rejection, but it can easily land like one if it's said badly, or not said at all. Here's how to ask for room to breathe without damaging the relationship you're trying to protect.
You want connection, and then you pull back, pick a fight or go quiet. Pushing people away is usually protection, not coldness. Here is what drives it and how to change it.
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