The first social rule to keep friends is to remember it is never OK to hurt others.
The second social rule is take five deep breathes and always calm down before making a hard decision.
The third social rule is to make "I" statements about how "I feel" and "what "I wish" would happen in the future."
The fourth social rule is to always ask politely for help and use my regular tone of voice to solve all of my problems.
The fifth social rule is to always take responsibility only for my own thoughts, feelings, words "I say" and actions!
Boundaries are guiding principles that a person creates to identify for themselves as reasonable, safe, appropriate and necessary for everyone's emotional, mental, nutritional, physical, self-efficacy, spiritual, and trustfulness health, and permissible ways that helps to separate oneself from others or show when personal guidelines are violated. This is one’s beliefs, desires, perceived needs, and intuitions; thoughts, feelings, and behaviors indicating a border or limit that is placed on self and others. Everyone should take responsibility for establishing his or her personal boundaries.
Boundaries are invisible until a persons shares them.
Below are two videos that make suggestions on how to successfully set boundaries for yourself and for others during stressful situations.