Protection or selfishness? When it comes to mental health, self-care habits tend to prompt this question. However, therapist Samira Alancon emphasizes that, above all, prioritizing yourself is necessary in the healing process.

The individuality of each being makes the problems equally particular.

In this way, the therapist emphasizes maintaining distance from the problems of others as an alternative to maintaining balance.

As Alancon argues, people need to understand and practice the phrase “it’s not my problem” on a daily basis. Although this may seem like a selfish attitude, the therapist ensures that it demonstrates an awareness that one can only live one’s own life.

“Sometimes we want to ‘give the finished fish’ instead of giving them a rod and helping to fish. When we do this, we prevent that person from learning to develop on their own and understanding their needs to develop conditions able to resolve them,” he explains Alancon.

The need to protect others causes the individual to subjugate their own feelings in order to “fit in” with the other person’s problem.

As a result, the person becomes accustomed to the idea of ​​”embracing the world” until he or she feels overwhelmed to the point where the other’s problem actually becomes the individual’s problem, as explains the therapist.

To prevent this from happening, Alancon defends the importance of everyone understanding that each person has their own universe, their own life scenario and that, for each choice, there is a burden or a bonus.

It is up to everyone to face their own problems and experience the challenges in the best possible way, if possible, counting on the help of professionals capable of handling situations in a technical way.

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