Personal Boundaries
Types of Boundaries
Healthy or Not
Jokes
100
What does it take to be a good friend?
List all things it takes to be a good friend
100
Refer to personal space, and physical touch. Examples of violating this boundary would be rummaging through your room or touching you when you don’t want them to.
What is physical boundary
100
Allowing someone else to make you feel a certain way about yourself.
What is not healthy
100
What do you call a pig that knows karate?
What is a pork chop
200
Should you meet other people’s needs before you meet your own?
What is no, list reasons why
200
Refer to thoughts or ideas. This would include respect for other’s ideas.
What is intellectual boundary
200
Being able to say “no” to others when we want to.
What is healthy boundary
200
Why was the man running around his bed?
What is he wanted to catch up on his sleep
300
If someone is mean to you, or criticizes you, does that mean that it is true?
What is no, explain why
300
Refer to someone’s feelings. An example of violating this would include sharing someone’s secret that asked you to keep it to yourself.
What is emotional boundary
300
Agreeing to do something when you would rather not do it, because you don’t want to deal with them being upset with you
What is not healthy
300
Why do cows wear bells?
What is because their horns don't work
400
How do you create healthy boundaries?
What is tell me how to do that
400
Refer to money and possessions. Violating would include someone taking something from you and promising to return it, but never doing it.
What is material boundary
400
Being able to share your personal wants and needs, and communicating them.
What is healthy
400
How did the barber win the race?
What is he knew a short cut
500
How do you know if there are unhealthy boundaries?
What is how do you know?
500
Refer to how a person uses their time. A violation would be when someone demands too much of your time.
What is time boundary
500
Oversharing personal information, being overinvolved in other’s problems, and being dependent on the opinions of others.
What is unhealthy
500
Where do library books like to sleep?
What is under their covers
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