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LPT: If someone is sharing a difficult experience, do not follow up by saying “If it makes you feel better [insert personal story here]…”
LPT: If someone is sharing a difficult experience, do not follow up by saying “If it makes you feel better …” This never makes the other person feel better. You’ve just done two things: 1. Made their situation all about yourself. 2. Compared your personal experiences to theirs and deemed theirs to be less important than your own. Like all things, there are exceptions. I have found that it’s better to simply remove that option from my conversations.
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