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[quote=Anonymous]I think it really depends. If talking about them helps me think them through, or allows someone else to give me validation that I need, it helps. This often happens when I talk to my best friend because...she's good at talking about feelings, asking questions, saying "could you x?" and "that is so frustrating!" And so on. If I wind up spiraling and catastrophizing, it doesn't help. This often happens when I talk to my husband because he doesn't understand validating (is there a book somewhere?), and if a problem is actually tough to think through he just goes silent in the absence of a clear and simple solution instead of helping me think it through. He's just not an external processor, and i am, and its tough. You might think the solution would be to just never talk about negative feelings with my husband, but you can probably see the obvious problem with that. [/quote]
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