Re:Merry Christmas, HN
by earth-adventure on Saturday December 24, 2022 @05:14PM
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You deserve a medal of honor. Thank you.
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Thanks, this is the easy part. The hard part is asking for help. I still haven't figured out why asking for help is so hard.
Re:Merry Christmas, HN
by toomuchtodo on Saturday December 24, 2022 @05:33PM
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If you need help, ask. There is nothing wrong with needing help. People want to help.
Re:Merry Christmas, HN
by jimkleiber on Saturday December 24, 2022 @11:28PM
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I was at a really low point financially and asked for help from a large group of friends to support me and the business I was trying to build and while many friends reached out to help, one of my closest friends said I should be ashamed of myself for begging for money like that when I could just easily go get a job.
I think the hard part of asking for help is that I already feel soooo vulnerable just asking, even the slightest slight can seem like the most brutal attack and drown out the help I do receive.
So I try to remind myself that often if someone is asking for help, they may have had to muster a lot of courage even to ask. Thank you for reminding me of that.