"Overgiving can be defined as a relationship that has become so unhealthily enmeshed that people lose their individual strength and autonomy. Typically, a person with these types of traits feels overly responsible for others and picks up the slack in relationships and at work. They want everyone to be happy, so they go overboard and become people pleasers and peacemakers in their relationships. They have difficulty asserting their own needs for fear of rejection or disapproval."
"Many caring people have tendencies to overgive, but not all of them are empaths. Giving too much is more an instinct to control and caretake than an indicator of how much empathy someone has. You can be an overgiver without being an empath. Empaths absorb the stress and symptoms of others, a trait not shared by all overgivers. Commonly, however, both may struggle to set boundaries and perceive others as being separate."
Overgivers strive to make others happy and often neglect their own needs and well-being, becoming emotionally exhausted. Overgiving occurs when relationships become unhealthily enmeshed, causing loss of individual strength and autonomy. Overgivers feel overly responsible, pick up others' slack at home and work, and become people pleasers and peacemakers who fear asserting needs due to rejection. Overgivers may overhelp or attempt to fix others, sometimes learned from living with addiction, narcissism, or anxiety. Not all overgivers are empaths; overgiving often stems from caretaking and control instincts. Healing requires setting boundaries and learning to listen without taking on others' problems.
Read at Psychology Today
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