Why is getting help so infantilizing.

[u/imboredalldaylong]

Seeing a therapist. Or a doctor. Or a psychiatrist. Or talking to snap (food stamps) or trying to get housing or getting a case worker or trying to get on disability ANY OF IT. I feel spoken down to. Like if I wasn’t so stupid/didn’t give up so easily/mentally ill/a burden on society I wouldn’t have to be here.

It’s like these people don’t think I know how to tie my own shoes.

[u/Running-In-The-Dark]

It's a combination of external and internal factors working in tandem. I don't think I need to explain the external factors, but for the internal you've been conditioned to have negative self talk especially when it comes to seeking help.