Help
Sign In
asking
January 2009 
What do you have the hardest time asking for?
Posted on Jan 8th, 2009
by 
Christina
Christina
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for January 04, 2009:
Anything. I was brought up to do everything on my own and every time I did ask for something there was the usual negative response. Over time I just quit asking for any sort of help because there is that fear of rejection (I guess). Sucks because of this I feel I have no support. I know I need to work on this and I will!
Access: Public
i know exactly how you feel, christina. not that i had any particularly negative responses when i asked for help, i just would think of myself as a failure if i couldnt do things for myself….so when i needed help (usually, financial help) in my mind i had nowhere to turn. plus, i overthink things and before i ask for help, i tend to tell myself “my friends and family have their own problems, they can’t help me” or “if i ask for help people will worry and i dont want anyone worrying about me.”