Why are People Afraid to ask for Favors?
@MyDailyPayout (19)
United States
November 22, 2010 11:35pm CST
Even I have fallen victim to this. Have you ever felt that you are so independent, that you don't need help? You love to help other people and support others because it makes you feel good. Did you realize that you are unconciously being selfish? If it makes you feel good to help others, why would you deny that feeling to others? To become a better person and allow people to naturally gravitate torwards you, sometimes you need to accept help and ask for favors. This is a great way to make someone feel better about themselves in your very presence.
Have you ever denied someone the chance to do you a favor, but now realized that maybe it wasn't the best idea? Please share your experiences, or even that of allowing someone to do you a favor and how they felt afterwards.
2 responses
@ladysakurax (1161)
• Canada
23 Nov 10
I am the type who likes to help but I only accept help from few people. i do help my friend sometimes and she helps me back with my studying. So there is like a helping each other back and forth. We don't feel shy at all and there is a sort of balance. On the other hand, i don't want to ask for help too frequently because I don't want this to become a bad habit. If there are times you can do it on your own, then i won't bother anyone. Everyone has a life and work to do so i can't call someone each week to help on something. Afterall, nobody is going to be responsable for yourself. Sometimes it's hard to know if you are not bothering the other person or budging in his scheduale. It did happened to me when my friends asked for help in the wrong time and moment when i need to work on my priorities so i think that it might also happen to someone.
