Asking for Help

From How to ask for stuff by Mike Monteiro:I also grew up to become someone who didn’t think they needed help. (After all, I didn’t want to get hit anymore!) And while there are moments when this can be seen in a positive light and called things like self-reliance (Erika can attest to the fact that I can get a full-sized fridge up a flight of stairs by myself.) it also leads you to doing some very stupid things! (Like getting a full-sized fridge up the stairs by yourself.)As someone who wrestles with mental health, as many of us do, I learned the hard way that there are only so many full-sized fridges you can move up a flight of stairs by yourself. (See, it was a handy metaphor.) I had to wrestle with everything I’d been taught as a child. All the taunts. All the abuse. All the untied shoes. I had to break every safety rule I’d made for myself as a child and admit that I needed help. It took longer than it should have because ultimately I needed to trust the people in my life, which…