Being in your 30s and suddenly losing patience with people you tolerated for a decade isn’t a personality change — it’s your nervous system finally having enough safety to enforce the boundaries it identified years ago but couldn’t install because the cost of conflict was still higher than the cost of endurance
· sarah mitchell
AI Briefing
- Losing patience with tolerated toxic behavior in relationships is a sign of a mature nervous system setting boundaries.
- The cost of enduring toxic relationships is higher than the cost of maintaining healthy ones.
- A decade-long friendship ended due to the author's newfound assertiveness and willingness to prioritize self-respect.
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