Feelings of helplessness, hurt, sorrow, shame, and self-pity abound. We have been used—again. We have gone unappreciated—again. We try so hard to help people, to be good to them. We moan, “Why? Why does this ALWAYS happen to me?” Another person has trampled on us, socked it to us. We wonder, shall we forever be victims? Probably, if we don’t stop rescuing and caretaking.
