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Asking for help
Asking for help is a topic that includes ways of identifying the presence of a problem, realizing when help is needed, how to find that help, and how to change "helpers" if necessary, as situations change. A person may consider asking for help concerning medical issues, emotional issues, family/social issues, work-related issues, etc...
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A 19-year old female asked:
Can I ask for help over messaging. No face to face ?
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A 43-year old asked:
What is the best way to get attention for my cutting problem without asking for help?
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A 47-year old asked:
How do I ask for help if i think I am depressed?
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A 49-year old asked:
What should you do if you're suicidal but you're too shy to ask for help?
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A 45-year old asked:
Help me please. In high school now. Who do I ask for help wih my homework?
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A 41-year old asked:
How are you supposed to keep asking for help after you already have asked? It's hard to get psychological help.
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A 27-year old female asked:
Its been two hours and my prescription hasnt been sent. I dont want to spend another thirty dollars to ask for help. What do I do?
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A male asked about a male:
When i suggest asking for help my admitted to attempting suicide friend gets heavly offended and stops repling which makes me nervous?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I feel suicidal and feel that every time i ask for help I am ignored. Is there something different i can do or say to enable me being offered help?
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A 43-year old asked:
What to do if i don't know how to ask for help?
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A 47-year old asked:
How do I ask for help? 93 and always independent
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A 31-year old asked:
How to ask for help with my eating disorder?
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A 45-year old asked:
What can happen if i ask for help with my eating disorder?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I feel like my depression has gotten worse I have lost my appeaite i feel tired all the time my thoughts have gotten worse i m afarid to ask for help?
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A 43-year old female asked:
When is the right time to ask for help when you selfharm like cutting I am in thearpy had some life changing events went back to a coping skill i know?
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A 39-year old male asked:
What do I do now after seing my doctor over a year with no help i, m ashame to go see him now when i ask for help he just send me home with some sick?
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A 35-year old female asked:
After 3yrs of xanax, (alprazolam) roxi, oxy, ambien.I choose to stop bc of dependence.It's been 6mths and i can't stand my pain. How do I ask for help w/ new paindr ?
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A 41-year old female asked:
When to call an ambulance for allergic reaction? How to identify which symptoms are bad enough to ask for help and what is mild? Can mild symptoms resolve without treatment at home?
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A 17-year old female asked:
I cut and am suicidal I went to my doctor to ask for help and she said she can't do anything about it, my mom said it wasn't important.I feel so alone?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Ive been experiencing headaches n vision problems ,, throughout the day I always feel theres a leak in my body or brain.. a leak that needs attention but when I tried to ask for help they are telling me Im jus imagining stuff?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Im 24 years old and asking for help now doctor...i had sex 4 days ago and i felt sick now am i pregnant?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Are there any therapy scholarships available for brain damage for people who live in countries like mine? i am very urgently asking for help ..
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A 20-year old female asked:
Can my doctor turn me down if I ask for help with pcos conceiving because of my age (20)?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I am suffering with pain throughout my body severely and I literally am being honest with you the pain is excruciating Ive talk to doctors and hospitals but they told me to talk to the doctor that could help with it and Im asking for help?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Urgent ask for help. My moms D dimer value is 948. I am very concerned as she has received Covid vaccine without having prior blood work done. She took it 2 weeks ago. Pls suggest what further evaluation she needs. Thank you so much?
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A 44-year old female asked:
I have such lower tummy swelling and its hard and tender/hurt after supracervical hysterectomy still after one month after surgery. Asking for help.
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A 20-year old male asked:
I have a problem i want to ask a urologists about i am a sexually active male and this past week i have an itch on my scrotom i checked it out an it looked like a lot of ingrown hairs on my testicles. Please asking for help?
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A 46-year old asked:
I'm very suicidal but am too scared to ask someone for help, what do I do?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I'm too socially anxious to even ask for professional help, do I build up to it? If so, how?
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A 38-year old male asked:
Hi, I'm doubting that i have covid 19 symptoms for the past few days. I'm new in Capetown. 1- Where should i get tested (living beside gardens center) 2- When i should worry and ask for medical help?
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