What Do I Need?

In my recovery, I've had a very tough time doing things a person normally takes for granted (buttoning a shirt).  As a result, I've come to appreciate most things humans don't "need" help with.  I've made many gains by sticking with something, and not asking for help (also by not saying I "need" help), or by not giving up.  The area of "needing" help has become very blurry to me.  Often, a person says he or she needs help when he or she just has an extremely difficult time accomplishing the task at hand.  I think the word "need" applies to a case that someone uses assistance in a situation that someone doesn't have the physical ability to do something.  Humans need airplanes to fly, as humans don't have bodies capable of flight (no matter what "R. Kelly" says).  In my groups at therapy, another brain-damaged patient claims he or she "needs" help with something.  I'd say that person just has an extremely difficult time doing that thing.  You might disagree with me on this subject.  Like I stated, the area of "needing" help has become very blurry to me.