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.
Nursing Standard. 38, 4, 23-24. doi: 10.7748/ns.38.4.23.s13
Rod VincentJess Baker and are authors of The Super-Helper Syndrome: A Survival Guide for Compassionate People
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