Empathy without boundaries is self-destruction. Unconditional love doesn't mean unconditional tolerance. You gotta train your boundaries to be stronger than your gentle heart and your mind to be stronger than your feelings. Takers have no limits, your boundaries are their limits.
if someone pulls back from you, i don’t think you should chase. i think the best course of action is to keep existing as you are. in your own happy bubble because you’re awesome and great and too busy doing fulfilling things with yourself to notice their absence.