Support
Man this topic is a doozy but let's pull this thread
Today, write about what it means to you to receive meaningful support. What does the best kind of help look like for you? Have you observed someone receiving support in a way that you haven’t experienced but wish you had? Was there a time in particular that someone swooped in and helped you in ways you didn’t even think about asking for but it was wonderful? Or, perhaps there was a time in which you didn’t receive the support you wanted and you’d like to write about what you would have preferred instead…?
And, if you feel a sense of sheepishness around any of this, if you feel guilty for wanting whatever kind of support you want, ask yourself to set that aside for a little while and allow yourself to write it out anyway.
But also, if you are a person who had to grow up fast and/or had a chaotic childhood and have trouble asking for or accepting help because the adults in your life were dealing with their own shit, a lot of people have probably exasperatedly questioned why you don’t ask for help more often and perhaps even tried to make you feel broken about it. As such, gentle reminder that if you had to get independent very early and have always largely done it all yourself, it probably isn’t that you aren’t asking, it’s probably that sometimes it doesn’t even occur to you to ask or what support even makes to even ask for or how. (G’head, ask me how I know.) If so, let yourself do a casual brainstorm and just see what different types of support might feel like as you think of it. Write through. Always write through. Let’s go.
