I don't do those much.
Ah, there is a kind of altruism which doesn't involve love?
Ok.
How can wanting to feed your family at whatever cost to yourelf be egocentric?
Simple. It's
your family and
you benefit from it.
If one joins and if one feels depressed, tired, trapped, abused then they either overcome their environemtn and become stronger, remove themselves from the environ if unable to overcome or inevitably they will break. Isn't that just basic stress management?
It's an awful position to consciously put one human being in. Are you sure you are an altruist?