I can't help anyone

[I_waste_everything]

This website is built on mutual support.

I've been needy ever since I started opening up here. Lately in particular though I am falling so hard that I can't bring myself to offer anyone else support. I'm unilaterally needy now. My heart's in orbit of a black hole and I'm desperately clawing fuel to struggle against it - without any longer offering anything in return to the collective SF community.

I don't even have the strength to feel the guilt that I know I should. I don't know what to do.

 

[Angie]

It is ok to ask for support. Not everyone is at a place to give it, and that is ok.

 

[DarkNightshade]

I can't bring myself to offer anyone else support. I'm unilaterally needy now

I join @Angie on this. It really is ok to ask for help even if you're not able to provide support for others, especially in moments of crisis. I'm new on here, but this is not a sine qua non condition.

 

[Dude111]

Asking for help is very hard to do.. Giving someone else help,is even harder...

 

[KM76710]

I am just glad you know you are welcome here to join in as and how you can. You can receive and that is perfect for this forum.

 

[Lane]

I join @Angie on this. It really is ok to ask for help even if you're not able to provide support for others, especially in moments of crisis. I'm new on here, but this is not a sine qua non condition.

Welcome to the forum @DarkNightshade. I hope it can bring you peace of mind.

 

[may71]

This website is built on mutual support

It's a peer support community, but there's no requirement to help anyone else.

Helping others is nice, but it's only something that someone should try to do if they can do it without bringing themselves down.

I don't even have the strength to feel the guilt that I know I should.

There's nothing to feel guilty about.

I think everyone here is getting replied to their threads, SF is working just fine.

You're contributing to the site by posting, by letting people here know what's going on with you. SF wouldn't work if no one ever posted about what was going on with them and what they needed.

 

[Grok]

You dont need to directly post to be helping people.

When you post, you start a conservation. Thats a huge thing for a site like this.
You are not the only person the advice that conservation helps, but you might be the only person who can post about the issue.
In my most stressed times, I'm often unable to get through writing and submitting a post, but I am able to read the posts and replies and get solace and advice that way.