A very very helpful post for those of us with blurry boundaries who get sick to death of being advised or lose boundaries when feeling called upon or drawn into co-dependently rescuing or ‘helping’ others.
I need to write this article for catharsis. You see, unsolicited advice is my biggest pet peeve and I’ve been on the receiving end of too much of it lately. I always joke that I could write a thesis on my seething hatred of unsolicited advice, and now here I am. Whether you are that person who has a tendency to jump in to help when no one has asked, or you are the person who is sick of being rescued, this article is for you. Chances are, you are both. So am I. Let’s get into that.
First let’s define what unsolicited advice even is. Unsolicited advice is the act of giving advice, help, solutions, and so on, without having been solicited to do so. Everybody does this from time to time, some much more than others. Unsolicited advice is almost always done with good intentions – the people…
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