Physical & Emotional Abuse Support Group
Abuse is a general term for the treatment of someone that causes some kind of harm (to the abused person, to the abusers themselves, or to someone else) that is unlawful or wrongful. No one deserves abuse, period. Abuse can be emotional, physical, or sexual.
I use it frequently in my efforts to help others, I have lost myself. SO I must slow down a bit, to remember my rules to recovery. On another day I will be more positive. I just wanted to put that out there.
Even people who are excessively needy can become emotional vampires.
Even people who have the unstoppable urge to one-up everyone around them can be a heavy drain on the emotional health of others.
I'm glad you remembered who must come first. You must come first in your care-taking routine or you won't be of help to anyone else.
Big Hugs!