Wants2Fly:
I must have missed this post! Thankfully I have my sister - so I do have a contact person to put for medical emergencies - if not her then I would be in the same boat as you.
I know when I volunteer I do feel better. Recently there was an MS walk and my sister and my friend have MS, so I called and asked if there was something I could do that would match my physical limitations (basically sitting). They gave me the registration table for V.I.P.'s (people who collected the most donations). It was alot of up and down for a couple of hours so I was pooped at the end, but I got to meet people who were smiling and happy and that automatically helps my mood. Plus it was a couple of hours and then I got to go home which matched my need of "when I'm along I want to be with people and when I'm with people I want to be alone".
I guess what I'm saying is that I picked a volunteering opportunity that I wanted and set my own parameters, so I wasn't being used and the organization benefited from my help.
By the way - you are not hijacking at all, I like to hear from everyone. You are a good person who is very caring so you are certainly not flawed.
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Tranquility
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