And for them, asking for help is a sign of weakness. When in fact, they've asked for help many times in their professional careers to solve problems.

They view this not as a true disorder but as some kind of weakness of character, and if only they could just pull themselves up by their bootstraps they would be fine,

Sometimes it's when you're asked and who does the asking.

A sign of growing old is when interviewers start asking you,“What would you do differently if you had your life to live over again?” I give some sort of answer because I don’t wish to be rude, but I don’t tell them the image that comes into my mind because they would think it vain and frivolous, and no one wants to be a subject for ridicule. I see myself as a tall, skinny Fellini, vigorously lifting weights. That’s what I would do differently. I would lift weights.

What do you take me for, an idiot? [when asked if he was happy]

When you see something like this, it begs asking what failure in their system led to this. Why didn't anyone pick it up?