Do you ever get nervous to ask for help?

[Justneedtokno]

Sometimes it’s hard and sometimes you do everything you can until you can’t. And if you’re like me, you don’t want to be asking for too much.

[SnowedIn]

Not nervous so much as reluctant or embarrassed.

[SnowedIn]

Thank you for MHO!

[Hardworkingguy]

Yes, depending on who I need to ask.

[ShiftingMonke]

I won't say nervous, but ashamed. I usually won't allow myself the option to ask for help. I must either try harder or fail quieter.

[SnowedIn]

This is the *******-ing best answer on GaG today.

[ShiftingMonke]

@SnowedIn "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things."

Let's start the day off with the futility of effort, woohoo!

[SnowedIn]

That's poetry, man. Well said.

[ShiftingMonke]

@SnowedIn its a quote from Henry David Thoreau, so I'd hope it's poetic. 😅

I also like the observation made by the Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered "Man! Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."

I feel personally attacked.

[Anonymous]

No. But I've learned there's no wise old man in life. There's very few times when either 1. Someone cares enough to have the inclination to help. And or 2. Very few times do I know someone with better judgement than me... in anything.

[Jennz6]

If I need help I will ask for it and not shy about it. I ask guys more because they seem to be “Handy” and I didn’t mean that as a “Pun”

[Anonymous]

I never reach out for help. Maybe for fear of being turned down. The worse the situation, the less likely I am to ask for help.

[Iron_Man]

I’ve never really asked strangers for help im the one that does the helping

[Agape93]

Nope. It doesn't do anything to ask, so I just usually don't ask.

[CrimsonAngel09]

Yep. Like I'm short and can't reach the top shelf, so I just say forget it and go on.

[Anonymous]

i never ask for help, i don't want help, and i get mad when people try to help me when i didn't even ask... i just want people to stay in their lane. that's all

[midnightmoon05]

You sound normal. Try yiur best first. Then ask.

[msc545]

I rarely need to ask for help but I DO routinely participate in "professional consultations" with peers which is a form of mutual help - I even get CME credits for doing this.

[krin_m]

I ask for help only when I truly need it and when I need it I'm not nervous.

[madamblack]

No I didn't bcz I get used to plough my own furrow

[KostasKouvalis]

I get nervous to ask for anything

[NathanDavis]

No, I am not insecure

[DeeDeeDeVour]

Generally, no, I don't.

[es20490446e]

Asking for help has rarely worked out for me.

[LavLavLuv]

yeah

[Jamie05rhs]

Yep.

[eagle1951]

oh heck yes