How to accept the help you need and how to find it?

Hi, I need some help and I don't know how to swallow my pride and to get the help I need to get superior I’ve some mental health issues that need resolving and I don't know how to let go and to get that help and to get better. I know I need to do this for my own good as my friend and I both know I need the help to get better.

How do you not be ashamed to accept the help you need?
Where do you begin?
and how did you learn to swallow your own pride and get that help?

Thanks some stories and friendly advice well help
My mind states I need the help and a part of me says NO you don't need it but I’m suffering silently.

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Answer:
One person in five will suffer from a mental health problem at some time in their life, so you’re not on your own. You think you are one of a minority, I assure you you are not.
Like you many people have mental health problems but keep them quiet in case they’re judged as 'Nuts' But also there are a lot of people who have problems that never do anything about it, for the reasons I have stated but also because they know the healing can be difficult, and they want to avoid any pain.
You might have been one of those people in the past to have judged others who were 'Nuts'. You don't want to be seen as different either. You probably remember at school that 'different' kids got picked on. That memory stays with you.
That's where the so called 'shame' comes from.
I felt exactly like you, and it took me having a 'nervous breakdown' before I thought enough is enough and sort help, then I couldn't care if
people knew or not I just wanted help and to get superior.
Don't make the same mistake. Good Luck! You have made a begin by asking for help on here. Well Done!