What One Comes Above The Needs Of One Person's?

I believe that the needs of one person comes above the wants of another’s. That taking care of one’s own physical and mental wellbeing is a necessity. I believe that I am important and I deserve to make sure my own needs are met before I ensure or help to ensure that the wants of another person are meet.
This isn’t to say that I do not deeply care about my family, friends, community, and world. In fact part of this belief comes from knowing that if I am Happy and Healthy, I can have a far greater impact on those around me. I remember many times throughout my life that I began to stop putting in the effort needed to ensure I was healthy, and being a chronically ill person with multiple diseases including one that while non-deadly behaves similarly to cancer (and has similar symptoms) it takes a lot of work for me to be my version of healthy. …show more content…
Despite knowing this was certainly not a good idea for my health I went anyway because I didn’t want to disappoint anyone. That did not go well I was miserable about four holes into the game, I didn’t complain to anyone but I did not have much fun and ended up unintentionally causing everyone else to worry about me, because I was visibly in severe pain. while I didn’t ruin anyone’s time completely I feel like this is a good example of a time that not only was it bad for me that I chose to put someone else’s wants above my needs and not only did it negatively affect me but it negatively effected those around me as