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How do you respond to offers of help?
Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Jun 5 11:31am | Replies (103)Comment receiving replies
Personally, I believe that anyone facing an extreme challenge can benefit from counseling.
I think that the emotional desire to refuse help could either be the right psychological choice for us or the wrong psychological choice for us.
Just because we feel a certain way, does not necessarily mean that is what we should do.
And with extreme challenges of health, I do not think there is time for flipping a coin. We really have to know what course of action is best for us, even if it is not something we want to do.
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That depends on the quality of the counseling, doesn't it?
Not all advice is worthwhile. There are so many variables.
An outside opinion is just that: an opinion.
Sometimes, "advice" is so trite as to be worthless, like people telling me I should eat better and exercise more to lose weight. Gee, why didn't I think of that?
While I certainly agree that seeking an external perspective is valuable (I sought counseling after a stroke), that doesn't mean that feedback is gospel.