Does anyone else feel the need to help others? I feel almost compelled to help or chip in with any 2 cents that may help someone with something they asked even if I dont know anything about what they are talking about.
Edit: spelling and rephrase.
Yup. Especially if there’s a problem for me to solve. Doesn’t help that this is kind of also my day job. I’m trying to develop good habits of NOT immediately offering suggestions at every opportunity.
I feel genuinely awful when I cant help someone.
Or if I am walking some where and someone was asking for something or I see someone needs help I also start feeling heavy to where it is hard for me to move past someone.
I pass homeless people on the road while I’m in traffic and just feel terrible because I have nothing to offer them.
Or with my work if I can’t solve an issue it affects me greatly.
Kind of. Ever since I was diagnosed with ADHD, I’ve reinterpreted some of my lifelong habits, and I think for me my urge to chip in is at least partially ADHD related. My attention continuously refocuses, which means it continuously refocuses on whatever is going on at the moment - which makes anyone requesting help, even if not specifically from me, extremely hard for me to ignore.
Every time my attention jumps away and then jumps back, it’s like getting hit with the help request brand new, so it’s much easier to try to address the need for help than try to ignore it popping up in my head every ten seconds from now 'til the issue is resolved on someone else’s initiative.
