We’re force fed conflicting messages. In one ear there’s “HELP IS AVAILABLE! REACH OUT!” while in the other ear is “YOU HAVE TO WANT TO GET BETTER! GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES!”
In other words, from birth you’re given 2 completely opposite set of instructions. The 1st says you’re supposed to ask for help, while the 2nd says stop whining, you’re on your own.
Instruction set #1 would’ve been nice, but it never worked for me. Every time I reached out for help I was either ignored, ridiculed or outright exploited. So I went with instruction set #2. And aside from me being totally fucked in […]

