Types of Boundaries
What type of boundary involves how you manage your personal space, touch, and physical privacy?
What are physical boundaries?
Q: Codependency often involves one person feeling overly responsible for another’s problems, emotions, or well-being. True or False?
A: What is True?
Q: The first step to setting healthy boundaries is knowing your own comfort levels and limits. True or False?
A: What is True?
Q: One sign of unhealthy boundaries is saying "yes" when you really mean this. Give me an example of a time you did this.
A: What is "no"?
Q: The first step in overcoming codependency is developing this.
A: What is self-awareness?
Which boundary type refers to how you protect your emotional well-being by deciding how much emotional energy you give to others?
A: What are emotional boundaries?
Q: In a codependent relationship, a person may constantly do this for others at the expense of their own needs.
A: What is people-pleasing?
Q: When setting a boundary, it’s important to communicate in this way: ______ and ______.
A: What are clear and assertive?
Q: This is what happens when someone continuously violates your boundaries and you don't take action.
A: What is feeling resentment or frustration?
Q: Overcoming codependency involves learning to say this simple word more often.
A: What is "no"?
This type of boundary involves how you manage your time and commitments.
A: What are time boundaries?
Q: The term for excessively relying on someone else for validation or approval in a codependent relationship.
A: What is external validation?
Q: When someone reacts negatively to your boundary, you should always compromise and adjust. True or False?
A: What is False?
Q: This unhealthy boundary involves sharing too much personal information too quickly in relationships.
A: What is over-sharing?
Q: To overcome codependency, it’s important to build this internal sense of self-worth.
A: What is self-esteem?
What boundaries help you decide how much personal information to share with others?
A: What are privacy boundaries?
Q: Codependent behaviors can sometimes involve enabling another person’s negative behavior. True or False?
A: What is True?
Q: Name one key consequence of not setting boundaries in relationships.
A: What is burnout, resentment, or loss of identity?
Q: Not being able to recognize where you end and others begin is called having _____ boundaries.
A: What are enmeshed or blurred boundaries?
Q: Name one type of group or therapy that helps people recover from codependency.
A: What is Codependents Anonymous (CoDA) or individual therapy?
Q: This boundary refers to the limits you set in relationships to define acceptable behavior from others.
A: What are relational boundaries?
Q: Codependency often develops due to unresolved issues from this period of life.
A: What is childhood?
Q: Healthy boundaries are not just about saying no; they’re also about this.
A: What is prioritizing your own needs and well-being?
Q: This sign of weak boundaries involves constantly sacrificing your needs to keep others happy.
A: What is people-pleasing?
Q: Overcoming codependency involves shifting from focusing on others to prioritizing this.
A: What is your own needs and self-care?