This morning we have got a call from one of our close relative and this person started pouring all the challenges and complaints life presented to her. Atlast when we were about to finish the call with her, I heard her saying "I feel relieved as I have shared my problems with you". Incidentally it struck me with the recent article I read on the same line.
In reality I am not convinced that a problem shared is a problem halved. If anything it has become magnified as we started bearing the load on how we could help her solving the problem. That is the problem you can have, in case you are the one amongst the believer of "Problem shared is problem halved" concept!!
As soon as you have problems that OTHERS fear then you risk being swept along by their fears and anxieties which are not necessarily an accurate reflection of your own. Pre-conceived notions of why the problem occurred in the first place often leads to you being bombarded with, albeit well-intentioned, but nevertheless inappropriate advice.
Not only that, a recent survey states that 96% of people believe in this concept but scientific approach stated it had ZERO or NO impact to the original problem that was shared and it was sheer waste of time!! Shocked? read further
In reality I am not convinced that a problem shared is a problem halved. If anything it has become magnified as we started bearing the load on how we could help her solving the problem. That is the problem you can have, in case you are the one amongst the believer of "Problem shared is problem halved" concept!!
As soon as you have problems that OTHERS fear then you risk being swept along by their fears and anxieties which are not necessarily an accurate reflection of your own. Pre-conceived notions of why the problem occurred in the first place often leads to you being bombarded with, albeit well-intentioned, but nevertheless inappropriate advice.
Not only that, a recent survey states that 96% of people believe in this concept but scientific approach stated it had ZERO or NO impact to the original problem that was shared and it was sheer waste of time!! Shocked? read further
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