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You’ve got it a bit backwards. You have to care about yourself before you can care for anyone else. This is at the heart of this common phrase “self care”. A lot of times, when people talk about self care, we tend to think about nice luxurious bubble baths or something that might be deemed by others as “unnecessary”. But self care is a lot more than that. The truth is, it can be hard work. Self care encompasses a lot of things, like creating routines for yourself, maintaining good hygiene, working out, eating well, getting enough sleep, etc. It can be difficult, but this is how you care for yourself. Once you’re able to start doing this for yourself, then you can care for others. And if other people don’t seem to care much about you, it won’t matter as much, because you’ll be too busy making yourself a priority. Best of luck to you!!
Yes. I became a lot nicer when I stopped hating myself. I projected my internal criticisms to those around me. If your own lens of the world is distorted, naturally your view of others gets tainted as well. Fake it til you make it helps to a certain degree, but therapy and life changes helped me. (Fuck meds though, unless you really really need them)
I think you keep performing caring. I have this problem, too. It’s not tied to whether anyone cares about my problems most of the time. It occasionally is. But, I would recommend therapy if it’s something you want to change. There are lots of reasons we might sometimes lack empathy. It matters less how we feel in the moment and more how we act. There are many people I love who tell me some problem they’re having that I could give two fucks about. But they need me to care and it takes little from me to pretend I do.
Therapy! I love therapy (and yes I’m biased because I’m a therapist!) But therapy does wonders. Please get the help you need and don’t feel any shame at all for reaching out - we all need assistance with stuff in our lives, and the sooner you ask for help, the sooner you can start doing the hard work needed to feel better.
I care