Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder

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The foundation of a healthy relationship is based on mutual love, respect, and open and honest communication. Everything from identifying patterns, symptoms, behavior traits - all of them are wrapped into this one book. Therefore, we encourage our readers to seek the guidance of qualified health professionals for further queries related to your health or mental health condition. If you feel that you can’t even voice out your opinions and thoughts, then this means that you are walking on eggshells in your relationship. Walking on eggshells in your relationship starts when you become afraid of your partner’s reaction to any given situation.

Read our editorial process to learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy. Now is the time to do what you couldn’t do as a child—let others know how you feel rather than thinking, "I can only feel better if I make them feel better. The damage comes from remaining passive and silent, absorbing the other person’s criticism while your sense of personal power and self esteem deteriorate.

When that attunement’s working and you’re in flow, you’re like a beautiful, bad-ass synchronized swim team. In fact, setting boundaries and practicing assertiveness can actually improve your relationships, as it allows you to express yourself in a more authentic and respectful way. You used to be independent, happy, and positive, but now, you just fear making the tiniest mistakes.

Remind your partner that being honest and listening attentively is better than walking on eggshells. Learn how with this fully revised and updated third edition of a self-help classic—now with more than one million copies sold! Navigating this territory requires its own strategy and agreements– which is more than a single blog can cover.

Walking on eggshells” is a common expression used to describe the behavior of someone who is constantly trying to avoid conflict or upsetting another person. Paraphrased, it's "there's a great deal of difference between loving, accepting and supporting a person and loving, accepting and supporting their behavior. If your partner finds it challenging to be transparent (because yeah, it’s scary), it’s not your responsibility to elicit the truth. Grabbing that bottle of wine you sit by yourself on the couch, scrolling social media and ignoring your partner completely.