Asking For Help.

As posted above Students on Planet College often have a difficulty recognizing when they need help. When you actually recognize that you do need help, the question that arises is whom do I ask. Often this depends on the nature of the difficulty. Is it financial? Is it academic? Is it personal? Whatever the difficulties, students often feel they should be able to deal with any problem on their own. . They think, by now, they ought to be grown up enough to handle everything. Yet problems persist.

When a problem becomes out of hand most student's stress level rises and their work, including school is affected.


After deciding, "Yes I need help." and even locating some resources the challenge then becomes simply asking. How does a student tell some one, " I think I need help." Sounds simple but often not easy. Here is a Planet college suggestion. Talk the situation over with a friend. Just simply say, " I think I need some help." Then talk. If they can listen fine. If they need to make suggestions fine. What is important is to hear yourself speak, out loud, about what is on your mind. Often a student is able to say, after talking it out, " You know it ocurred to me while I was talking, maybe I could . . .".

This can happen, but first the student needs to start talking about what is going on. Just ask someone to listen.

Planet College final suggestion: If you have no close friend currently it might be wise to try the Student Health Center. Whomever you find it can be a relief just to hear your self talking. Help is where you find it.