You are viewing a single comment's thread from:RE: Snaps Container // 9/4/2026, 9:24:00 PMView the full contextView the direct parentsomeguy213 (37)in Snaps • 10 days ago Yes. Their reaction told me a lot about the situation
Sometimes setting a limit reveals more than another hundred acts of sacrifice ever could
They initially thought I was becoming selfish, but I saw it differently.
People can call a boundary selfish when they're used to having unlimited access to your effort
I still wanted to help, but I wasn't willing to keep hurting myself to do it.
That's the balance. Helping someone shouldn't require you to constantly abandon your own needs.
I also learned that being appreciated matters almost as much as being useful.
Nobody wants to feel like they're only valuable because of what they can provide