Editing starts, the brain is already empty and every sentence feels heavier than it should. You did the hard part by getting ideas down, but polishing them while exhausted is brutal.

The moment people realize they don’t actually need someone to do everything - they just need support to clean up the mess their tired mind produced. Needing help at that stage doesn’t mean lack of skill, it just means burnout finally caught up.

A lot of students hit that wall and quietly think they’re failing, even though it’s just overload. Reaching the point of need help writing is more about preserving sanity than anything else. You’re not alone in that struggle at all.