Are you being too nice? It could be bad for your mental health


By AGENCY
Always being there for others isn't necessarily good for your mental health. — ERND DIEKJOBST/dpa

The stranger sitting across from you in the train drones on about their problems. You listen and nod politely, although you are dying to put in your earbuds and doze off to soft music. Or, at a company meeting, silence greets the question of who will take the minutes. So you volunteer.

Perhaps you are a person who is always willing to fulfil a request, or help out in a pinch even without being asked. Who is especially nice, considerate, attentive, self-sacrificing – always there for others. Perhaps this is how people describe you.

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