Well said!
I think it is a very normal thing, not to want to ask for help.
Also, to empathise (and to not empathise when you think its not deserved) is a very 'human' structure, which everyone sees from a different angle.
I spend alot of time outside that structure looking in. It is very much mental instead physical. I relate alot to what you are saying!!

"suck it up buttercup" ... track title right there!! haha!