Saying no to helping is an act of self-care. Paying attention to your needs is self-care. And like putting on the oxygen mask, you’ll have more energy for others if you apply it to yourself first. If you think about it, the root of self-care is setting boundaries: it’s saying no to something in order to say yes to your own emotional, physical, and mental well-being.
how do you cope with feeling guilty when doing this to selfless parents, parents that sacrificed so much and didn’t have these ideas and thoughts to help them cope with issues?
