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Anti-patternv1AP-031

Boundaries-as-rejection anti-pattern

believing that setting a boundary is an act of rejection rather than a structural requirement for sustainable relationships, which prevents boundary-setting due to fear of abandonment and guarantees eventual resentment

Why This Is an Anti-Pattern

Inverts boundary-depletion (Boundary-depletion pattern). Violates boundary function. Recurs in codependency, people-pleasing, fawn response, burnout.