How to Ask for Help

Talking about your mental health is important, but it can also be uncomfortable to open up to others. If you are struggling, watch this video to learn ways to overcome fears.

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If you or someone you know are having thoughts of suicide or self-harm or are experiencing a mental health crisis, please call a national 24/7 hotline. For United States residents, those are:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
For anyone experiencing a mental health crisis.
AVAILABILITY: 24/7/365
PHONE NUMBERS:
Primary line: 1-800-273-8255
Ayuda en Español: 1-888-628-9454
Video relay service: 800-273-8255
TTY: 800-799-4889
Voice/Caption Phone: [phone]

Crisis Text Line
For anyone experiencing a mental health crisis.
AVAILABILITY: 24/7/365
TEXT NUMBER:
US & Canada: Text HOME to 741741
UK: Text 85258
Ireland: Text 086 1800 280

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[serenityelicaaa]

im embarrassed and that someone will tell me im overreacting

[moga]

My best friend is literally genuinely crazy and when i tell you ive gone through everything to help her i mean it i appreciate her like hell but you gotta help yourself while I'm helping you as well bro so I'm sending this video to her, this is my make or break and if it breaks I'm genuinely going to be sad knowing i failed her

[thogameskanaal]

This video should be on the top page of YouTube. It's so unbelievably helpful! It lays down how stigmas affect mental health and why people who need help and know it's in their best interest to seek help feel lost. I genuinely wish expressing our thoughts and struggles was straightforward and there was a one-size-fits-all cure for suicidality...

[theaxolotlcute]

I don't want help because I feel I will never be treated the same

[thegoonisgood]

if people are told they are able to ask for assistance, then they are more likely to get help, and learn to self realise and self manage... if they are told they need to ask for help, they will not have any feeling of control and will remain feeling helpless for longer... for people who are suffering from stress effects, who are from macho cultures etc... always exceptions.. .but little words can make big differences in a persons psychological response, and considering the psychological nature of all this, we should be using language as best we can, and not with nonchalant disregard for what people who might benefit from help hear from those who are part of the stigma fueling avoidance... depression is an old word that means the plastic deformation dent left in a material after pressure is applied long and hard enough that elastic response isn't possible... that's not too bad for some of what is bundled under it... sadness has very little to do with most depression...

[someonesomeone]

Asking for help in the UK is largely useless.
I went to my GP in June wanting assessment for a range of issues: nuero-diversity, gender/sensuality issues, and mood disorder. Since then I was given a couple of CBT sessions where it was agreed it was not relevant for me; referred to a gender specialist who said they had a 5 year waiting list and they wouldn't put me on it until I'd already had a few years of counselling first; was referred to a LGBT counselling service who said they weren't equipped to deal with my sexuality issues; referred to a voluntary counselling service who never got back to me; and had a mental health assessment over the phone and was told I'd been put on a waiting list which I might be on for over a year before having any help.
Basically, the NHS just puts you on endless waiting lists and does nothing.

[Mezo_Shoji]

Me when my friends are in an argument: Should I get involved with this? Probably not. Please don't include me in your argument. I don't wanna pick sides.

[GrayWolf]

found it funny when it got to the physical condition part.. I've constantly been feeling ill since idk 8th grade (~8 years ago), kept mentioning it/asking for help, and nothing. I dont ask for help anymore as nothing happens. Trying to find other ways to get help that doesnt involve family, reason im on this video.

[looig]

What if your everyone uses it against you?

[randomrant]

Thank you whoever you all are. Also thank you Marie for being supportive/noticing of this (coworker surprisingly). Stigma is a thing for just about anyone. I have made a lot of questionable choices hoping it would end or thinking it would not matter. So much opportunity lost. I think though this could help a bit surprisingly. Well this and some sort of mental health therapy(?), counseling(?). I hear the wait times are bad for military but I will try though. I may watch a few more videos but I think I needed this to move on a bit. Whoever made this thank you. I think it is just about perfect. I hope you are doing ok. I searched for it at a low and decided to watch it anyway a week later during a more minor low. I am tired of being tired. Maybe there can be more as sappy as that sounds?

[Fwenec]

But what if-
It depends-
Its just not-
I can't because-
its different-
What if I made it worse-

These are all words that pop up in our head, don't listen to them.

[Lemon-jhkp]

When I think about asking for help I think about how much money would be I don’t really think about myself when I ask or think about asking for help because I just think that my mom wouldn’t be able to afford it would say no

[webfleck]

I outwardly asked for help from some of my classmates who were also my friends but I was just shrugged off. Then I tried to tell my dad a few years ago that I did need help and I'm not exaggerating, but no such luck. Then I asked my mom months ago the same thing, still no luck. I really don't know what to do.

[spacebike]

I would totally ignore a physical problem lol I've ignored a broken foot! I'm also afraid of doctors so it's ever harder to ask for help. I don't think anything positive will ever happen. I can't handle this anymore

[starfruitiger]

I AKSED FOR HELP AND NOBODY HELPED ME IT JUST MADE THINGS WORSE FUCK OUR "MENTAL HEALTH" SYSTEM I WAS NEVER AFRAID TO ASK FOR HELP BUT WHENEVER I ASKED IT JUST MADE EVERYTHING MORE CRAZY

[Evi_is_a_goof.-.]

I’m a kid, I can’t get a therapist I wish it was easier. This did help Thankyou

[akaniotevanos]

The biggest thing preventing me from getting help is the fact that i'm broke and don't know if I could afford it, i don't even have insurance.

[jdfine]

I been beaten, broken, alone, scared, for years and always blamed for everything where I got no fight left for it now I don't know how to open up to ppl at all this me trying to see how to ask

[EC-ydyv]

Every time I've gone for medical help thru my 64 years..they have made me permanently worse both physically and mentally.
Thus asking for help is something i can No longer do😭😭😭

[theaxolotlcute]

I am 10 and dealing with suicide so this is very helpful thank u