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Why taking care of yourself feels like letting others down

I feel guilty taking sick days even when I'm actually sick because there's always so much to catch up on

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Personal needs become secondary to external expectations, creating internal conflict around basic self-care.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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