Safety and boundaries

Disclaimer

About this educational material and your choices in using it.

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Educational purpose

This site offers material for reflection and personal practice. It does not provide individualized medical, mental-health, legal, financial, or emergency advice, or replace qualified professional care or guidance.

Your circumstances matter

Consider your circumstances, abilities, consent, and possible effects on other people. You may adapt, postpone, or decline a practice. These materials do not ask you to remain in an unsafe situation, confront a threatening person, undertake hazardous activities, or change professional treatment to demonstrate character. Seek appropriate qualified support for specialist concerns.

Immediate danger

If there is immediate danger, seek local emergency assistance when it is safe to do so. This site is not an emergency service.

No promise of outcomes

These materials do not guarantee particular outcomes. Program participation, marks, and missed weeks are not measures of your worth as a person.

Vice reference content

Vice catalogs describe traditions and patterns of conduct for reflection. They are not diagnoses, labels for people, or instructions to practice harmful behavior. Historical classifications and contemporary editorial interpretations are identified separately.

Practice in ordinary, low-stakes situations. You may pause, leave, or seek support; virtue does not require tolerating abuse or suppressing emotion. This is educational reflection, not medical, legal, or emergency advice.