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Enjoying the book! In the section called “From Coping to Healing”, it is explaining how some people who are emotionally dysregulated use cutting as a maladaptive regulation coping strategy, and actually releases natural opioids.

Continued…this advice is motivated by a desire to be in control

Pg 181: “…immature people who are looking for control or enmeshment may ‘psychoanalyze’ you to their own advantage, telling you what you really meant or how you need to change your thinking.”
“…you may find yourself willing to put up with unsolicited analysis and unwanted advice by others…this is common among people who are hungry for personal feedback that shows someone is thinking about them”

Quotes (or other things to remember) I’ve marked so far. (I wish I had started this when I first started reading the book…)

Pg 124 Exercise: Awakening to Your True Self

Pg 167 “Remember, your goodness as a person isn’t based on how much you give in a relationship, and it isn’t selfish to set limits on people who keep on taking.”