When it comes to other people, it's a balancing act. This is especially true for those with anxiety and/or depression.
There's the good things you can do: Sit with those worse off than you and serve them in some way, bake cookies for those in your area that you know could use it, go through your pantry and see what could be given to the food bank, or volunteer in your area, keeping in mind any physical limits.
Then there's the bad things (which I tend to do): Work on serving other people so much that you forget to take care of yourself, or working beyond your limits. The others include thinking for other people, avoiding them in general because you think its for the best, or that you just don't want to deal with them. No matter how bad you feel, or how much you think they hate you, being out in the world will be better off for you in the end. It's a lot easier to just lay in bed, but once you've made the decision to take the easy road you may find it hard to get off.
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