Super-helpers never say no to helping someone out – even if it is to their detriment. Here’s how to protect your well-being instead

Why did you become a nurse? When we ask that question as researchers, the most common response is ‘to help people’. If that is your mission in life, nursing is an obvious career choice, so it is perhaps not surprising that when we started researching the psychology of those who just can’t stop helping, we found ourselves talking to nurses.