#breaking cycles of dysfunction

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You may have to... * Find a new job * Change majors * Change schools * Leave your congregation, denomination, or religion * Go no-contact or low-contact with your family members * Break up with your SO or file for divorce * Find a new place to live * Block people online * Distance yourself from toxic "friends." * Find a new doctor * Find a new therapist * Go back to school and start a new career path * Delete your ex's number * Leave an unsupportive support group * Leave a fandom that's not fun anymore * Change your eating habits, your sleep schedule, etc. * Find a new gym, or go at a different time * Speak to your doctor about changing your medications if they're not working for you, or if the side effects are unbearable * Set boundaries with family and friends * Unlearn stuff you've been spoon-fed all your life * Stop going to bars * Stop looking at porn * Learn to say "no." * Stop smoking/drinking/using drugs/etc. * Get into an addiction treatment program of some kind * Stop trying to please other people * Unplug from electronics for a while * Step back from social media, or even get rid of it * Turn off the news for a while * Learn to question the status quo * Pick up a hobby * Stop answering work-related calls outside of work hours and/or coming in on your days off * Go part-time or per-diem if you can * Heed the trigger warnings and/or get a beta * Stop oversharing * Lock down your social media pages and/or blogs to "friends only." * Go grey rock if you can't leave your situation just yet for whatever reason(s) * Get rid of your "purity ring" and unlearn purity culture * Stay with a friend, or with relatives for a while * Get rid of things you don't use, clothes you don't wear (or that no longer fit), and other assorted clutter

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