I can't tell you how many times I've heard people say, "You have to take care of yourself before you can take care of anyone else!"
Yes...but also no.
Maybe I'm just worse than everyone around me, but I'm extremely needy, and for months I haven't felt like I was in a good place. If I wait until I feel taken care of to help others, I won't ever offer anything to anyone else. I'll always have an excuse. So rather than focus on fixing my own despondency (which fixing usually leads to fixating and only makes things worse), I often try to seek healing by healing someone else.
Not a permanent fix, but it helps.
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