Please put on your oxygen mask before helping others.
If your mental health is in jeopardy, how can you help someone else?
Sometimes we make small sacrifices — I might take on some extra stress to help a friend, or give myself a little less time for self-care to help a loved one — but I can’t give it all up.
You see it with people who opt to become someone’s caretaker without enough support. While noble, I’ve read countless stories of people whose lives and health fall apart because they devoted their everything to someone else.
At a certain point, they can’t even be effective caretakers for others because they haven’t taken care of themselves.
No one, no situation, no anything, is worth sacrificing all of your mental health for.
-Jordan Yates
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