Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers

Setting clear boundaries and discussing those boundaries are part of being authentic with the people we care about.

Setting boundaries when hurtful things are said to you is important as well. To maintain an authentic friendship, you have to be able to respond to an offensive statement or action with, “That was hurtful to me.”

If one friend is always the giver and one friend is always the taker, the relationship is either dependent or codependent.