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I am trying to come up with this sentence, but I feel like some parts of it
are too literal and idiomatic, and some words I used here are new to me, so
maybe I made some poor decisions when picking them. Could you help me with
that?

**"Sometimes I feel like most people only think about themselves. If they need
your help, they'll contact you. If they don't need it (if you're not useful to
them) they won't contact you at all, like they don't care(it's not their
business)"**

> 時々、ほとんどの人は自分についてだけを考える感じがある。手伝ってほしかったら、連絡する。君は有用じゃなかったら、全然連絡しなくて、関係ない感じがある

I feel like "think about themselves" is idiomatic and i'm not so sure about
the usage of "useful" here.
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grammar words idioms
How to express "They only think about themselves"
It might be an idiom:我田引水(gaden - inn - sui) literal translation: drawing
water for one's own field.
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How about...

Sometimes I feel like most people only think about themselves.  
たいていの人は自分のことしか考えてない（んじゃないか）って思うときがある。

If they need your help, they'll contact you.  
困ったときだけ連絡してきて、

If they don't need it (if you're not useful to them) they won't contact you at
all, like they don't care(it's not their business)  
用がないときは、「知ったこっちゃない」って感じで、ぜんぜん連絡してこない。
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