Enforcing your boundaries will infuriate them because they thought you would tolerate anything thrown your way. You were the comfortable one, the safe bet. The one who would be there despite it all. The one who still embodied positivity and empathy while taking a beating. The one who accepted anything, not from weakness, but because your nature allowed you to believe in people's genuine intentions. And although that will never change, the dynamic has shifted, and now, you have become selective. You have disrupted the hierarchy. They were hoping you would never find your voice and break free. They were hoping you wouldn't realize your power because they did. They knew. And they know. And that is why they tried so hard to keep your confidence buried so deeply for so long.