Husbands who minimize issues with their parents

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Anonymous wrote:I tell people things are fine when they aren’t all the time. I find it exhausting when people tell me about problems I can’t solve. I don’t even tell my family when I‘m in the ER with my child, anxious and terrified, because what are they going to do? Text and call with questions and opinions, none of them useful, making me more anxious. It might be a personality difference, OP.

+1. Same.

That's a very unhealthy outlook - people share news to connect, listen and feel heard, and to give and receive get emotional support. It's critically important for mental health, whether you're on the giving or receiving end. Not everything needs to be SOLVED.

It’s very unhealthy to share every problem you are facing with people who cannot help. You are burdening them with the anxiety of your pain (after all, they love you and don’t want you to suffer) without the ability to help. I don’t want to worry people needlessly. I don’t want to be worried needlessly.