All day, people come to me carrying their aches and their worries and their whole tired lives, and I hold it for them. By evening I'm not sure where they end and I begin. Being everyone's calm place is quietly draining the calm right out of me.
More people experience this than they realize.
You're the steady place for everyone, and it's costing you yourself.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.