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Difficulty Asking for Help

Possible Buried Feelings
Pridevulnerabilitydistrustindependenceshamefear of burdening

Possible Buried Beliefs

  • “Needing help means weakness.”
  • “No one will come.”
  • “I'd be a burden.”

Healing Notes

Emotion Link offers these as possible associations to explore, not causes or diagnoses. Possible purpose or secondary gain: self-reliance may prevent disappointment and the exposure of needing someone.

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Not a diagnosis. Not medical advice. An invitation to listen.