What is the hardest part about balancing family responsibilities and personal well-being?

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I would say, from past experience, it is always about self sacrifice to the detriment of one's own mental and/or physical well-being. Feeling the need to jump into the bonfire of duty, responsibility, and exhaustion out of a traditional value system overlaid on top of the love you feel for your family is NOT exactly a recipe for health.

Renkon · M

@4meAndyou People keep grinding themselves away on the stones of ‘duties.’ How can one balance it all?

4meAndyou · F

@Renkon I had very little sense of balance. I had to work, cook, shop for food, take care of my son, and clean and do laundry. The only help I received was that my son cleaned the bathrooms.

Eventually, I started having panic attacks because I was drinking too much coffee...trying to handle it ALL...and coping with the ex.