Either you have to be able to pull yourself together enough to be an inspirational story of triumph
- so not happening for me -
or you have to be constantly presenting the hard-working, do-gooder, hopefully palatable side of you that adds value to the world and is thus, worth saving.
Because I am not one of the people who can simply say to the world "I am drowning, please save me. Please do not let me die."
Believe me I have tried.