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- Without boundaries, you will be emotionally abused because your mind will be easily accessible to preys, who will manipulate and gaslight you.
- Without boundaries, you will displease yourself — your time, energy, to simply please others, even to the point of exhaustion.
- Without boundaries, you will be taken advantage of. "I am a nice person," you will think, "What a foolish person," they will think and say.
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