Comment by FinnLobsien

I literally wrote a similar comment to this. I think the core differentiator is whether they want to solve the problem or whether they want the problem to be solved.

Is this person actively solving the problem, tried a bunch of approaches and ran into a road block where they're asking for help?

Or are they wishing the problem didn't exist, so they do as little as possible, hoping somebody else will solve the problem for them?