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Helping others vs. helping yourself (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

for me this is just eventually causing burnout and i end up in a dark place instead.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

A cogent warning. This is a great way to pump yourself up, but you can't be always on. You have to give yourself time without motivation to recover. I've definitely overdone it and ended up in a days-long depressive funk.