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I hate to get all preachy but this is important...sorry it's so long

I hate to get all preachy but this is important...sorry it's so long | PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT; There's a temptation to feel that it's selfish to talk about issues you're struggling with or to ask for help. Selfishness is pretending to have issues as a ploy to get attention. Selfishness is people who make decisions that benefit themselves by harming others. People who are too lost in trauma to help anyone but themselves aren't selfish--they're self-centered, because it's all they can be. People who are struggling with real issues NEED to be self-centered because working through these issues CENTERS around THEM. And it is WORK. It's not fun. It's thankless, grueling, and deserves to be encouraged and supported by the people who want to see that person get through whatever it is they're battling. I humbly ask that anyone who believes that it's selfish to ask for help, consider the position from the perspective of other people: your loved ones want to see you well, so when you work towards that end you are helping both yourself AND your loved ones. Think of it this way: in a mid-air emergency you are instructed to put on your own oxygen mask first, THEN help others. Because if you don't take care of yourself, you won't be able to help anyone else--at best they'll be left taking care of you. If you need help and are in a position to ask for it, DO IT. You need it whether you ask or not, and if you wait too long, it may incapacitate you completely. Then people will be will centered around you trying to pull you back from the brink, because you were too selfish to ask for help when you still could. | image tagged in lilac blank template | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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ACK! Typo spotted 3 lines from the bottom! My copy-editor is so fired...nah, forgiveness is important too. Nobody's perfect.

Seriously though, this was me going into therapy last time, and my insistence that it's selfish to seek help was actually a symptom of the illness I was battling. Sneaky, sneaky treatment-resistant bi-polar depression. It's tough to know when to listen to yourself, and when to tune yourself out.
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT; There's a temptation to feel that it's selfish to talk about issues you're struggling with or to ask for help. Selfishness is pretending to have issues as a ploy to get attention. Selfishness is people who make decisions that benefit themselves by harming others. People who are too lost in trauma to help anyone but themselves aren't selfish--they're self-centered, because it's all they can be. People who are struggling with real issues NEED to be self-centered because working through these issues CENTERS around THEM. And it is WORK. It's not fun. It's thankless, grueling, and deserves to be encouraged and supported by the people who want to see that person get through whatever it is they're battling. I humbly ask that anyone who believes that it's selfish to ask for help, consider the position from the perspective of other people: your loved ones want to see you well, so when you work towards that end you are helping both yourself AND your loved ones. Think of it this way: in a mid-air emergency you are instructed to put on your own oxygen mask first, THEN help others. Because if you don't take care of yourself, you won't be able to help anyone else--at best they'll be left taking care of you. If you need help and are in a position to ask for it, DO IT. You need it whether you ask or not, and if you wait too long, it may incapacitate you completely. Then people will be will centered around you trying to pull you back from the brink, because you were too selfish to ask for help when you still could.