I wish people understood this

Sometimes it has nothing to do with not wanting or needing help.
Part of a comment someone left on a post about asking for help and giving help that resonates, for me anyway:

One of the things that’s hard to understand, if you’re not feeling that trapped in your life, is the guilt that can come with allowing people to help you. Each person who helps you can become one more person you “owe,” or one more person to please, which can add to the pressure even more than it relieves it. That’s neither here nor there, but it was an enlightening perspective–one that reminds us how important blind compassion is, because we can never fully understand what someone is struggling with.
Kristin T. (@kt_writes)-->: