Dear Anita,

Great point as to why people jump into chaotic situations.  That makes sense.  It reminds me of when I used to spend a lot of time with friends or on the phone in my 20s – repeating often the same situation over.  Let’s say it was a break up.  I would find myself narrating it perhaps 5 times over a few days, each time a friend was asking.  Never taking the time to actually sit with discomfort.  Before I knew it I had talked talked talked my story all day and night, but never having processed it.  Never letting anything sink and savor.

Makes sense.  Something I learned from my mother. I recall my mother from a young age droning on and on about things, learning that this is the way to “process” and to “scope.”