Overcaring is care that has exceeded the sustainable limit — giving more than you have, in more directions than you can maintain, to people who may not be aware of what it's costing you. It's not always about the other person's demands. Often it's about an interior need to be indispensable, or a difficulty with having needs of your own.

Anonymous thoughts about overcaring posted here are from people who have depleted themselves in service of others — the honest account of what it's like to give past the point of having anything left.