Boundaries Overview
Types of Boundaries
Basic Communication Styles
Characteristics of Personal Boundaries
Other Boundary Types
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There are three types of personal boundaries. They include healthy, porous, and this type.

What is RIGID?

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These types of boundaries refer to personal space and touch.

What are PHYSICAL BOUNDARIES?

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This style of communication happens when people avoid expressing their opinions and feelings, and don't stand up for themselves.

What is PASSIVE COMMUNICATION?

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A person with this type of boundary overshares personal information.

What is POROUS BOUNDARY?

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This describes this type of boundary violation when someone invades your personal space or touches you when you don't want to be touched.

What is a PHYSICAL BOUNDARY VIOLATION?

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This word describes the limits and rules we set for ourselves in relationships.

What are BOUNDARIES?

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These types of boundaries refer to a person's feelings.

What are EMOTIONAL BOUNDARIES?

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This style of communication is a pattern of communication where people express their feelings and opinions in a way that hurts others.

What is AGGRESSIVE COMMUNICATION?

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A person with this type of boundary doesn't compromise their values to please other people.

What is HEALTHY BOUNDARY?

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If a person has this type of healthy boundary, they set aside enough of their schedule for every part of their life, such as friends, work, school, and family.

What is TIME BOUNDARY?

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Boundaries and how they are set can be different if you are part of a different this.

For example, in some parts of the world, it is considered wildly inappropriate to express emotions publicly.

What is CULTURE?

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This type of boundary would resemble a gate that has a lock but that people can be let in and out of too.

What are HEALTHY BOUNDARIES?

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This style of communication describes a pattern where people seem like they are cool and calm on the surface, deny how they feel, and act out their anger in a way that isn't noticeable or direct.

What is PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE COMMUNICATION?

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A person with this type of boundary is unlikely to ask for help.

What is a RIGID BOUNDARY?

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This type of boundary refers to thoughts and ideas.

What is INTELLECTUAL BOUNDARY?

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The appropriateness of boundaries depends heavily on this.

What is SETTING?

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If we're to visualize what this type of personal boundary looks like, it would be like a tightly locked gate.

What are RIGID BOUNDARIES?

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This type of communication describes when people state their opinions and feelings directly, advocate for their rights and needs in a way that is respectful.

What is ASSERTIVE COMMUNICATION?

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A person with this type of boundary is overinvolved in other people's problems - in other words, they are all about drama.

What is POROUS BOUNDARY?

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This type of boundary violation happens when someone steals or damages another person's possessions, or pressures them to lend them their possessions.

What is a MATERIAL BOUNDARY VIOLATION?

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Most people can have a _____________ of different boundary types.

What is MIX?

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This type of boundary would resemble a gate that is wide open.

What are POROUS boundaries?

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Assertive communication provides a healthy balance between these styles of communication, combining the "best" traits of each.

What are PASSIVE COMMUNICATION and AGGRESSIVE COMMUNICATION?

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A person with this type of boundary is overly protective of personal information.

What is RIGID BOUNDARY?

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This type of boundary refers to the emotional, intellectual, and physical aspects of intimacy.

What is SEXUAL BOUNDARY?

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