Self-Sacrifice Isn’t Love

There’s a version of you that believes sacrificing yourself for others is love. But it isn’t noble.

It’s self-destruction disguised as care. You say yes to everything. You fix everyone’s problems.

You never ask for help. You call it love, but it’s really fear.

Fear that if you stop being useful, you’ll stop mattering. Fear that your worth is tied to what

you do, not who you are. This isn’t beautiful or selfless. It’s you avoiding

your own needs by pouring yourself into others. It’s believing you must earn basic

care through exhaustion. That’s not love. That’s a transaction where you always lose.

Real love doesn’t ask you to set yourself on fire to keep others warm. It doesn’t require