Damn this hits a bit too close to home.

My parents taught me that asking for help meant you are a failure. Does Lemmy have a “raised by narcissists” sub yet?

Honestly what would I even ask for help with?

Mental support? What is anyone going to realistically be able to do to help that? They can’t. All it does is place a burden upon someone with a ton of shit already going on in their lives. Hell, even fucking therapists that you pay money to see and are supposed experts don’t even seem to be able to do fucking shit about that. What the hell is a friend gonna do for free?

A physical task? I’ll just struggle and do it myself or see if I can pay someone to do it. Not sure why I would be a burden to ask someone to help with some dumb bullshit just because I’m a loser with no other friends.

I would absolutely gladly help anyone I know who needs help. But it’s a different scenario. I have no life so people aren’t bothering me. Other people have lives so I am bothering them.

Hey now, what gives you the right to call me out like that?