How does saying things out loud help solve anything? How is it different than just thinking about your problems?
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Talking about it is different to thinking about it because the person you’re talking to can ask you questions – “why do you think that?”, “and what comes next after this stage?” – or encourage you to expand on what you’re saying in ways that you may not be ready to do for yourself. Sometimes it’s hugely reassuring to have someone who isn’t you say “you know what, it’s not just you who thinks this way. You’re not completely nuts to be worried about this.”
Saying it aloud also encourages you to **organise** it. If you’re thinking in circles, it’s a big ball of argh. Everything is tangled together. If you’re going to say it aloud, you start untangling it and forming your thoughts into something you can communicate, because communicating implies you hope to be understood. That in itself can help you see things differently than you did when it was a messy ball of argh
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