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There is No Shame in Seeking Help
It doesn’t matter what the issue at hand may be, whether personal or interpersonal. There is no shame in seeking out help.
I am a very independent person. For a long time, I was not fond of seeking help from people. But times change, and as I have studied positivity, mindfulness, and conscious reality creation, I have become better at recognizing that help can come in many forms. What’s more, I can see that it has value, as well as numerous uses.
One of the hardest things to seek out help for is yourself. If you are fighting depression, loneliness, anxiety, or anything else, it is often difficult to ask for help. Why? Because it feels shameful.
One of the more bizarre paradoxes of our culture is the mixed ideas of “a little help from your friends” and “pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps.” Seek and find help when you need it — but really just do it yourself. Mixed messages much?
I’ve struggled with this. More than once I attempted to get help but felt some shame for not being able to just do what I intended on my own. On the other side of that, though, I have also worked entirely on my own and gotten no results, either.
This is the reason why recognizing that there is no shame in seeking help is so important.
