Whenever we face some personal problems, whether they are emotional, financial, or interpersonal, we’re supposed to talk about them. This is often easier said than done. Many people find it incredibly difficult to voice their problems.
For some of us, revealing our problems is a sign of weakness, and as a result we feel defensive and may pretend the problem isn’t as big as it may be. We may even ignore the problem, but this may backfire and make things worse as things snowball and spiral out of control.
For example, a common issue for many people are loans, credit use, and its repayment. It’s easy to take a loan and use the credit, but the monthly repayments may get people into trouble. Very few people will talk about this issue once they find themselves in this situation. They may delay dealing with it, and the repayment and fines start adding up to the point it becomes nearly impossible to keep up.
Addiction is another common issue that many people have but don’t ever really talk about. Addiction can come in many forms, ranging from substance abuse, to smoking, to spending, or even addiction to mobile devices. These addictions can typically be long term issues. Sometimes they may be minor annoyances, but other times, they may be huge issues that are disruptive. Substance abuse, for example, can be hugely disruptive as it can negatively affect work, and family.
There are actually ways to mitigate many of our problems and many even have relatively simple fixes; but it requires talking to someone about the issue first. Once you do that, you start to see there are solutions to the problem, and it isn’t hopeless.
Getting around the fear of being judged and looking weak takes some degree of introspection and being self-aware. Sometimes just admitting to ourselves we have a problem may put us on the path to being able to talk about our problems. It helps tremendously if you have close friends and family that you share a lot of trust with.
For some of you, it may be that you are the person everyone goes to, and it’s you that helps people out of their shell. For others, it may be that you feel like you’re on your own, but that need not be the case when you can look into online counselling.
Talking about our problems, or feelings, or our thoughts absolutely does help. It has positive effect on our mood, emotion, and even health; but we have to take the first step to get there.
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