Do you apologize before asking for help? Do you preface requests with "I know this is a lot" or "sorry to bother you" even when you are asking something entirely reasonable of someone who cares about you? Do you find yourself trying to take up as little space as possible; shrinking your needs, dismissing them before anyone else can, insisting you are fine when you are not; because stating what you actually need feels dangerous, presumptuous, or simply too much? For many traum
