How to Ask for Help When You Need It

This is an act of courage, not a mark of failure

Photo by Rémi Walle on Unsplash

Asking for help is hard for a lot of people, myself included. My family raised us to be self-sufficient and asking for help meant that we had failed in some way. One of the hardest and most shameful things to hear was, “You made your bed, now lie in it.” So, we always stood strong even when we were crumbling from the…