Evie, this is a really good poll, I'm just not sure how to answer & you have given me some food for thought.

Physically, I never used to see a doctor and my doctor at the time used to comment on how 'out of tune' I was with my own body. I'd say I have a sniffle and it would turn out to be bronchitis, sinusitis & dehydration. That was before my PTSD diagnosis.

I now see a different doctor (post PTSD diagnosis) and I swear any niggle or headache or stomach cramp and I'm at the doctors office. Neck pain, I'm off seeing a physio, a chiro a masseuse.

Yet emotionally/mentally I really struggle to ask for help. Like Kers, I'm not sure what the hell I meant to ask for. If I am bleeding, I'd ask for a bandaid. I don't usually ask for help (whether it's speak to my husband or call my therapist) until it's suicide ideation and/or severe in bed depression.

But second to that, is if I get help i.e. have a therapy appointment 9 times out of ten I won't actually articulate what I need or why I'm there, I simply shutdown.

My therapist often says 'ask for what you need','what do you need right now'. And I have no idea.

So if I was to chose I'd say physically I ask for a lot of help, and emotionally if its gets to a certain point, yes I'd ask for help.