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Why exercise feels like obligation instead of self-care

I know I should work out but I spend all day taking care of everyone else and exercise feels like one more thing I have to do for someone else's approval.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The inability to distinguish between caring for others and caring for oneself has corrupted even self-directed activities into external obligations.

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