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Why do I feel like nobody can help me and why do reject them even when they try their best to help and support me?

Profile: disenchanted99
disenchanted99 on Apr 3, 2017
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Often, when we are in a rough spot mentally, we can find ourselves rejecting help and feeling as though it is not even there. This doesn't mean that you do not want help. It means that there is something in your brain keeping you from accepting the help. You might feel afraid that they are only helping out of pity, or had a bad experience with someone who's help was not actually beneficial. Whatever it may be, we often refuse help out of some insecurity of our own and when we identify that, we can work to change it and begin to accept and recognize that support being given.
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Anonymous on May 15, 2015
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Ahh...this is me!! Love this question. This is because your situation is based on reality as you see it. Your reality is that you are worthless, unworthy of consideration, broken, ugly, stupid, clumsy, uncaring...and not worthy of any help or support. This can happen for a number of reasons. In my case I was told by those I was supposed to trust that it was true, my parents. They also convinced my teachers and other adults that I was the most screwed up and horrible person around. Go into your teens with that sort of background and you can imagine how it goes. Someone would try to tell me that I was smart or good looking and I would think, no, I mean you KNOW they are mistaken and they just don't know me. Once they do, they will see I am the idiot in the room. Of course, my actions would jinx the potentially helpful or beneficial relationship. If you are lucky, you will spend your future learning to love yourself, your life, accept your faults, and eventually be able to come to a place like 7cups and use your experience to benefit others. That's what happened to me!
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Anonymous on Apr 4, 2015
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Sometimes we are looking to be independent, as it is almost our nature; we don't want to look weak, therefore we do not accept help.
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Anonymous on Mar 7, 2016
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Because in your heart, you don't want to accept this problem. You feel that it's impossible to solve.
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hobbitwho on Apr 25, 2015
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Because you can't stop feeling like no one will understand you. That will be useless trying to explain how do you feel and that they're just being kind but don't really care.
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SarahG on Mar 24, 2015
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This could be due to something called attachment avoidance. Being aware of your attachment style, and practicing mindfulness may be one way to help you overcome these feelings and behaviors.
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NorthernLights30 on Jul 18, 2016
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Only you can help yourself. No one person can help you. It can take several people to help but for any change to happen only you can control that.
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Anonymous on Dec 14, 2015
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Maybe because you don't like off loading what problems you may or may not have on to others but everyone need abit of help and support now an then so let family/friends help you when the offer is there
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Anonymous on Mar 29, 2016
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you build walls in your heart. Maybe you don't trust them or you've experienced something bad like someone betrayed you. or maybe you are scared of what they might think. but it is okay to feel this way. its not easy to open up to someone and expect them to understand so you push them away. but remember that they care. they want to help you. just try little by little to open up and share your problem and stories to someone
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Anonymous on Feb 20, 2017
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It happens when we don't want the other person to think that we are weak. Therefore sometimes we just avoid being around anyone. That is when we distance ourselves from everyone including the one trying to help us.
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