WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN? 🤔

I have a friend who shares his thoughts online. Rather like a journal on social media if you will. Things he ponders, he tends to share with others. Not much different than what we do here. Recently, some of his ‘friends’ have disowned him over this practice. Mind you, nothing is posts is hateful or too over the top. They were merely offended that he was sharing what was in his head. How has it come to this? In a world where it would benefit us greatly if we knew more of what others were thinking, why is this so offensive to others?

He seemed rather unphased by the whole event. This is the right way to go about it. Certainly, those people have a right to stop being his friend. The actions themselves rather confused me. We are supposed to put an accent on mental health and creating an environment where people feel safe to express themselves. Even if you don’t always agree with someone, it is important to let them express their emotions. It would be a great tragedy if we all were forced to be repressed. It would lead to far greater anger.

The point of this post is a quick reminder to encourage everyone, be that friend, spouse or child, to express themselves. It not only is positive for the mental health of that person, but it will strengthen and help the relationship between the two of you. Lack of communication is one of the greatest causes of arguments, lose of friendship and loss of love. If there is one simple thing we can do, that is to listen to and respect one another.