Does sharing a problem make it feel smaller?
A burden divided is not always lighter, but it is rarely lonelier.
The facts stay the same.
The emotions do not.
The hidden mechanism is emotional distribution.
Humans process experiences socially.
A difficult situation feels smaller when another person understands it.
Not because the problem disappears.
But because isolation does.
People think advice is what they need most.
Very often, they need witnesses before they need solutions.
