As you may know, 1 of my all-time favorite websites isI Can Haz Cheezburger, where it’s imagined what cats are really saying. The picture above got me thinking about the 2 extremes of handling pain. There are those who do too little for themselves, and who let their pain control their activities. And there are those who do too much, who won’t “give in,” who have problems accepting help.
The picture above certainly illustrates the “do too little” tendency. Readers, which side of the see-saw do you tend to come down on?
5 responses so far ↓
Prozac // Jul 3, 2009 at 4:15 am
First off, that picture is perhaps the funniest thing I’ve seen all day. Second, I think a lot of people would believe they fall closer to the “too little” camp, while people they know might be cajoled into admitting they ask for too much help.
kmom // Jul 3, 2009 at 2:02 pm
I’m a “don’t ask for help”, “keep going because if you stop you might not be able to go anymore”, “if I do ask for help, you’d best do it now, cause I must really be desperate and I will start doing it myself anyway in a minute” kind.
Most of the time, it works for me. But less now that RA has come to stay.
I know some that are helpless. It makes me work harder.
Healthy? No, probably not.
Easy to change. No, sometime I try, but you know, the people around me kind of like the somebody else does everything so they don’t have to.
I think both “helpless” and “don’t help me” are re-inforced by the people around them.
Kelli // Jul 3, 2009 at 8:53 pm
I think I fall in the “do to little” category 60% of the time. When I do take action I always overdue it and pay for it for days. I need to learn how to balance.
kat // Jul 12, 2009 at 10:42 pm
I def don’t ask enough. I feel weak asking for help and I try to do things I know I shouldn’t (can’t) My fam gets annoyed I don’t ask….
emily // Jul 20, 2009 at 11:33 pm
If I’m honest with myself I ask for help from my husband probably too much and accept help from everyone else too little. Something to think about for sure…
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