I have always had a love/hate relationship with my family. I need emotional help with my current situation but I don't know how to ask for it without sounding needy or whiny. I always get the buck up speech like my problems are no big deal but I'm tired of trying to get through this alone and need help. How do I go about asking for it in a way that they'll understand and actually give it??

"hold me now, I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking......maybe six feet ain't so far down"