SUPPORT SYSTEMS

The difference between the motivated and the demoralized, between the stress survivor and the stress victim, is often the availability and use of support systems.

Support Systems Assessment
If you answer "Yes" to 3 or more of the questions below, OR if you have a strong "Yes, that describes me perfectly!" reaction to even one or two questions, you will benefit from counseling for Support
Systems.

1. Have you sometimes been skeptical or critical of the idea that people need support systems?
2. Have you sought to create a support network around you but still feel isolated?
3. Do you feel you lack self-support, feeling especially lost when there are no other people around to provide support?
4. Do you often feel guilty about asking for support, or as if you would be a burden on others if you did ask?
5. Do you worry or believe that people will reject or pull away from you if you "lean on them"?
6. Are you in a pattern of taking care of others at the expense of taking care of yourself?
7. Do you sometimes feel it is weak to need help from others?
8. Do you see the value in having a support system which balances reliance on others and reliance on inner resources, but haven't yet succeeded in creating such a system?

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