The hardest thing is to ask for help

Warning this post contains mention of suicide

Living with the worst combination of mental health co-morbidities is more than a challenge at the time, sometimes they are both ok others they are a nightmare playing up at the same time. One thing that I have always found hard to do is to ask other people that I need help, as back then I felt like it was an expression of failure.

Twice it has resulted with me in the hospital which could have been avoided both times if I had just had asked for help. It’s one of those difficult things to do, at some points, there are times when you are able to ask before things go wrong, that you should ask for help. Sort of the point of no return, as once you get past those points then you get into the point of no return.

Had I asked for help before those two points’ things might have changed the outcomes of both of those situations. I know while I was doing what I did I was telling someone what I was about to do, as a sort of the last gasp and it did get me to help but not before I had gone too far.

There is still a lot of stigma around those points. Even though people are becoming more open about mental health. Suicided or suicidal inclinations both still carry a lot of stigma around them. The two major times I have made genuine attempts at it I had lots of options to ask…