Our struggles in life differ from person to person, but we have experienced loneliness feels like at one point in our lives. Ever heard the saying, "We leave this world the way we came into it, alone." When we experience troubling times like financial problems, family issues, or even mental problems like depression, we feel a storm consuming us and no one near us to comfort us.
We walk about our day to day life like this, ignorantly. We don't understand what others around us are experiencing. When we hide our suffering, people think everything is alright in our lives. However, when we communicate our emotions to people around us, we suddenly don't sense that isolation that consumed us two minutes ago. Why do we feel such a shift in sentiment?
We can connect with the individual on a different level.
Imagine someone who you admire and praise wholeheartedly come up to talk about their problems. You no longer see that person that you held up onto a pedestal but a human being facing obstacles in life just like you.
We can churn our emotions into concrete thoughts.
Our advanced ability to communicate with others around us enables us to share ideas and inventions across the globe and advanced our human species through technology and ideals. Why don't we do the same for emotions? Emotions are also complex thoughts to develop; don't ignore them.
You can see life from another perspective.
When you communicate with your friends in the real world or on the internet, they impact your outlook on life because believe it or not, our friends do encourage new behaviors or ideals in us. Sharing how we feel allows our close relatives to understand us but also show us a different interpretation.
You feel a burden come off your chest.
Have you ever tried to hide a secret even though you're terrible at keeping them? That sensation you need to say something but can't isn't very pleasant. But the moment we say it, we feel like a burden is pulled off our shoulders. We feel that same thing when we share how our negative outlooks are impacting us.
We can comprehend that the world is more complicated than we conceive.
When something bothers you to the extent you can't see anyone else feeling it, think again. One main example is depression, we feel it consume us that we don't see others feeling it as well. Emotions overwhelm us to such a degree that we can't seem to feel other's pain. Opening up helps you find others who share the same opinions as you on the subject matter. If you have undergone it chances are that someone else is probably facing it along with you.
You meet new people.
Ever thought that sharing your emotions could cause you to meet new people. Well, it can. One example I remember is when a man was crying about the death of his mother. A woman next to him explained that he should be happy that she was alive to take care of him. That one conversation caused them to be life-long friends to this day.
We regain the strength to fight our obstacles.
Negative emotions can bring us down and make us feel worthless. But sometimes sharing these negative feelings allow us to comprehend how we feel in a more objective tone. We feel that we can handle the situation now that we understand the cause and effect of the emotion. Steeping out of your shoes is important cause it gives you time to reflect and gain your self-respect back.
