To me it seems like all interactions with another person are opt-in, and the baseline should be “leave me completely alone, don’t touch me, don’t speak to me, don’t even acknowledge my presence.” I find basically all human interaction overwhelming and more or less boundary violating, and I didn’t realize until reading this post that my experience of life could be described that way.
Is it just me or does this policy effectively leave no way to opt in?
If noöne can interact with you without violating your boundaries, only boundary violators will interact with you—an asshole filter.
Well, what I said was something of an exaggeration. There are acceptable means of interaction but I get “saturated” really quickly and want to get away after that.
Is it just me or does this policy effectively leave no way to opt in?
If noöne can interact with you without violating your boundaries, only boundary violators will interact with you—an asshole filter.
Well, what I said was something of an exaggeration. There are acceptable means of interaction but I get “saturated” really quickly and want to get away after that.