Monday, February 20, 2012

Why Do We Share?


I was in my weekly yoga class a few days ago (as part of my 2012 new years resolution to attend two classes per week), and right as we were in the beginning stretches of the class to warm up, my teacher started sharing very personal details about her life. Needless to say, the details that she shared weren't the components of small talk, and I spent the entire yoga class lacking mindfulness and thinking about why it is that certain people are inclined to share.

While being unable to really understand why it is that other people share things, I could come up with some clear reasons as to why I share:

1) I want to be heard and supported.
2) I want to feel normalized.
3) I appreciate the feeling of saying something out loud and having the seemingly scary detail not be as intense.
4) I appreciate the human experience and think that at some point in our lives, we have millions of similar thoughts and feelings as others.

Think about why you share things?