Situation · Yourself
“I feel like a burden to everyone”
What could be going on
Warning signs of suicide risk and self-harm: Feeling a burden is a key warning sign; check for thoughts of death and talk to someone.
Defectiveness/shame schema: Feeling basically unworthy fits; check whether it's long-standing.
Major depression: Feeling worthless with low mood could be depression; check for two weeks.
Never asks for help: Check whether feeling a burden stops you asking for help, so needs pile up unseen.
Emotional deprivation schema: Expecting nobody will meet your needs fits; check whether you felt like too much as a child.
Questions to carry
- When the feeling of being a burden is strongest, who is one person I could tell?
- Right now, what do I notice in my body, and what would help me feel a little safer?
Also said as
- everyone would be better off without me
- I'm too much for people
- my mum says she's a burden
- I hate asking for anything because I'm a burden
- I feel like I'm a burden
- why do I feel like a burden