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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
THURSDAY, 1 OCTOBER 1981
Your therapist said set boundaries.
You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m. to explain it for forty minutes.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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