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When asking for help feels more difficult than needing help

I have been staring at this blank email for forty minutes trying to ask my professor for a letter of recommendation and I keep typing and deleting the same sentence

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The vulnerability of requesting support can feel more threatening than the consequences of going without it.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Moving through procrastination?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.