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Boundaries/Accountability?

When it comes to boundaries, I am completely lost. A friend recently came to me and asked for advice on how to have boundaries, and I answered the best I could albeit catered to her situation, but it made me realize that I have no idea how to have boundaries or even what they really are.  I'm not afraid to say no, so maybe that is a boundary, but I am such an open book and I would love to sit down with a stranger or a friend and read to them my journal. I think because I feel so held and cared for and known by God, none of my "innermost" thoughts and feelings seem like a big deal. And likewise, I want to hear about other's innermost fears and thoughts and stresses. I want to so completely know others, and listen, and I feel like I can do that because none of their stuff feels too heavy since I'm not taking it on. Maybe that's another boundary? I throw my heart into everything, get attached to ideas and people so quickly, but I am not emotionally fragile o...