How does one stop over giving and still get people to enjoy them? I’ve always wanted to comfort people and be someone they can empathetically come to and everyone does. But even friends who used to ask how I am and bug me just don’t give a shit unless they need something or some validation and I’m tired of it never being returned.

I read an article the other day where a woman was talking about constantly giving and giving to people because no one ever did that for her and she felt honorable doing it. Then she realized one day that people would continue to take and never give back to her. No one would ever do that for her, she realized, so she had to stop doing it for people and start caring for herself instead