@muckthemask: The phone buzzed. You looked at the name. And you turned it over. If you're someone who has always answered, that's a bigger move than it looks. Maybe you were the reliable one, the fixer, the person who got back to everyone within the hour. Pausing feels like a betrayal of who you've always been. It isn't. A pause isn't punishment. It's a few hours of finding out what you think before you respond to what they want. You can answer later, or not at all. You can answer in one line. The message will still be there, and so will your right to decide. The guilt you feel isn't proof you're wrong. It's proof that someone trained you to hurry. Ickity is an iPhone app that remembers your side of it, in your own words. When you choose not to answer, write what you would have said there instead. It's private, and it keeps a record of what they sent and when. What's the longest you've let a message sit? 👇 📲 Ickity is on iPhone now, Android waitlist open. More info in my bio. #boundaries #narcissisticabuse #peoplepleasing #healing #ickity

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