Dear fellow people pleasers, high empathy humans and helpers:
You are a person too and deserve the same love and care you give to others. If you can't convince yourself of that and think that you are a helping machine please perform periodic maintenance.
There is a lot of suffering out there. More than our small tribe brains were meant to perceive at once. It's overwhelming sometimes and it's okay to take a step back from things to take the time you need. No one can fix it all.
We can't help people well if we are constantly pushing ourselves to the breaking point doing it. Helping people is very important but just as it pains us to see others suffer so does it pain our loved ones to see us do the same.