Do you ask for emotional support when it's needed, or do you keep the pain bottled up?

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God_of_Thunder · Accepted Answer

I deal with it myself.

I'm the person that everyone else in my life runs to for help/comfort/support. I'm the "steady one", "the rock", "the one you can always count on". So, if/when I need someone, there's nobody left to turn to.

When everyone else counts on you to be strong & steady, they can't handle it when you crumble. When they're used to getting support from you, they don't know how to give it back.

So I have to stay strong, for everyone that counts on me, or at least appear to be strong. 🤷‍♂️

NathanDavis · Accepted Answer

when it is really needed, yes... I will reach to those I know I should reach with

but for me to reach that point it does take a whole lot, so we're not talking about little things... last time, it was literally a life altering situation that took quite a toll

and the truth is that I actually didn't ask... one of my best friends, who knows me very well, he showed up by himself, he just knew it was really needed

Emiliamazing · Accepted Answer

I seem to vent more at home with the kids and my husband. I definitely have girls night out and we talk about things that are bothering us, but I don't find myself getting overly emotional about anything.

dustybiker · Accepted Answer

I will stay silent. The people closest to me know instantly.

Lionman95 · Answer

I have a small number of people I talk about such topics. They are mostly other guys because I feel it´s easier with them than with women since they have and had similar struggles in life. The hinderance with women is that I either am not on a deep level with them or because I have some feelings for them and come the wrong way if I open up deeply on an emotional level before we´re dating.

Raiden93 · Answer

It depends on what it is. Some things I have to talk to god about because it's human nature for people to judge. And some things I feel are typical emotions that aren't too hard to process. I don't have a support group of people who understand because if i tell family , they tell everybody else on the family. If i tell my one friend it will be kept a secret.

Sixgunsound · Answer

I have a mental cheat code enabled where emotional pain doesn’t really affect me. It also explains why I don’t really understand social niceties or really have the ability to emphasize or sympathize or cry about anything that happens in the world to me or otherwise. I was never diagnosed autistic but my youngest daughter is.

melanieeeB · Answer

I don't ask, I deal with everything on my own and made the experience that when I asked for it, I just got disappointed or left alone or once even betrayed

glennos89 · Answer

No I don't ask fir emotional support at all. I dont wanne bother people with my demons because everyone already has their own to deal with.
That's why I keep them inside suffering alone from then as I always have.

But im okay. I won't let my demons win the battle ofcourse. No mather what else I will encounter in life after all I already had... nothing can bring me down anymore 🔥

Havthrills · Answer

I deal with it alone. I know the answers I'll get from others "oh wow I've never been through that" or "you will figure it out" also "things will work out" then there's my favorite I heard form many through the years "that's why I'm single"

Agape93 · Answer

More often than not, I keep it bottled up. It's killing me but if people can't help me, I'm not making it worse by sharing it.

Midgetmcwidget · Answer

Bottle it up. If I could find a way of selling it I would

exitseven · Answer

I keep it all bottled up. Then I try to bury it.

humanearth · Answer

I cry to my girlfriends that my (so and so) is being mean to me

Summeroflove · Answer

I do if I can. A lot of people in my life are hard to talk to and getting mental help is easier said then done.

AddylynnNightingale · Answer

It's not that I let it bottle up, I just try to fix the problem on my own and have as few people involved as possible.

Fuentes · Answer

It's SuS to need emotional support I am a man.

whereismyjohnny · Answer

I bottle it up. I know it's not good, but I just learned to deal with stuff alone.

skyee_727 · Answer

i vent from time to time to my best friend, otherwise i have a very hard time opening up in general. i feel like i can share anything with her

LavLavLuv · Answer

10% rant to my closest ones without telling too much details 90% stfu and deal with it by myself

Sparkie460 · Answer

I deal with problems myself my own way. I just work through things

SnowedIn · Answer

Usually bottle it up. 😥

Pink2000 · Answer

I keep it bottled up.

sirderpsalot123 · Answer

I don't bother people with my problems.

Charliefretz329 · Answer

Bottle it up to unhealthy levels.

Zolly99999 · Answer

Depends... sometimes I do both...

Blackcupcake · Answer

depends on my mood🐻

Debbie14217 · Answer

i ask when needed

Anonymous · Answer

my emotional support is my shower

Anonymous · Answer

I never asked

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