Sometimes, people get a bit too caught up with everyone else’s issues and can’t focus on their own. It’s very easy - especially if you’re trying to be a nice person - to try to help everyone with everything. 

You end up being so focused on being a positive contributor to everyone else’s lives that you can’t stop and solve your own problems or work on your own dreams, which only allows your issues to grow larger and larger until they finally overburden you.