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No Dumping

I am no longer accepting narcissistic abuse

By Jesse LeePublished 29 days ago β€’ Updated 29 days ago β€’ 1 min read
Runner-Up in Public Announcement Challenge
I am not a landfill for your issues

No Dumping

PUBLIC NOTICE

Effective immediately,

this area is no longer designated

for disposal.

Unauthorized dumping is prohibited.

This includes but is not limited to:

emotional refuse,

projected shame,

manufactured crises,

and unprocessed versions of your childhood.

This site has reached capacity.

It has been inspected.

It has been found wanting relief.

Items once accepted in good faith

are now classified as hazardous.

Repeated exposure has resulted in erosion to self esteem,

mental health contamination,

and structural fatigue not visible from the road.

Do not leave your anger here

with the expectation it will be sorted.

Do not stack your false apologies beside the fence

and call it accountability.

Do not mistake access for consent.

Violators will be turned away

without explanation.

Appeals will not be heard.

Silence does not indicate failure of enforcement.

This closure was not sudden.

Warning signs were posted internally

for years.

They were ignored.

They faded.

They were repainted.

They faded again.

This is not punishment.

This is containment.

For your reference:

I am not an emotional landfill.

I am not a holding zone for your lack of self.

I am not a convenient place

to unload your mental issues and drive off lighter.

Thank you for your cooperation.

This boundary is now active.

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About the Creator

Jesse Lee

Poems and essays about faith, failure, love, and whatever’s still twitching after the dust settles. Dark humor, emotional shrapnel, occasional clarity, always painfully honest.

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  • Tanya Lei6 days ago

    Amazing, and congratulations on your win! It can be so difficult to hold strong in a boundary, but when you do it successfully it feels so damn amazing!

  • Marilyn Glover17 days ago

    My favorite part, Jesse: "Do not leave your anger here with the expectation it will be sorted. Do not stack your false apologies beside the fence and call it accountability." Congratulations on your placement in this challenge! πŸ’™

  • Well deserved placing. Excellent take on the challenge & narcissism!πŸ˜³βœ…

  • Wooohooooo congratulations on your win! πŸŽ‰πŸ’–πŸŽŠπŸŽ‰πŸ’–πŸŽŠ

  • Sara Wilson21 days ago

    Oh, I love this. It's hard to take that power back but once you do- it's one you absolutely will not negotiate on letting go of again.

  • Love this. AMEN

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