"I Dont Want to Feel a Burden"

A few days since my last addition, for several reasons.
I think its about time I had something to offer, so here we go. This bearing in mind, the weather here in the UK is rather untypically hot and sticky, so I apologise in advance for any distracted focus.
The  thing about enduring any illness, Chronic, especially, is that you have to come terms with having poor days when you feel something akin to wanting to curl up and hide.
At times, it is difficult to get the stamina to do anything. These periods can be intermittent or relentlessly consecutive, depending on whether Crohns is actually in a flare or if additional secondary Chronic conditions are present.
So, whether you are content or in the position to be able to receive it, you do need help and care at times. You are dependent on others for so many things from the mundane to the more involved.
This is not to say its a situation of being helpless and at the will of others. Nor is it an excuse to opt-out.
I'd like to see it as being a partnership rather than total dependence, more of a sharing of the good and bad and a relationship in caring.
It is sometimes a fact that through our own suffering and pain, we neglect to consider the stress and struggles carers go through. It is an easy thing to do, and yes, at times, i have done this.  I don't think, speaking personally, it is driven by selfishness, its simply being in pain and suffering and lacking thought.
The reverse of this is the tendency to feel you are capable of dealing with things, shunning any offer of help or assistance, often leading to people suffering in silence. Not wanting to be a burden or through a sort of pride. I have also done this in the past.
I would say the one thing about this or any illness is to be honest with your loved ones or carers. Let them know if you feel capable or incapable of certain things. The " i dont want to be a burden" will always be there, but communication will mean it is watered down.