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.\n\nThe emotions do not.\n\nThe hidden mechanism is emotional distribution.\n\nHumans process experiences socially.\n\nA difficult situation feels smaller when another person understands it.\n\nNot because the problem disappears.\n\nBut because isolation does.\n\nPeople think advice is what they need most.\n\nVery often, they need witnesses before they need solutions.
