would you like to tell your family problems or personal problems to others?

March 9, 2013 7:57am CST
my answer is NO, I don't want. Family problems or anything too personal problems must not be shared to others. What's the purpose of telling it? Could other people help us? Even if they have a sincere will to help but in the end we are all responsible for our own problems. For me, as long as I can handle it, I want to keep it within me. what's your view here?
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34 responses
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
10 Mar 13
Hello jfol. I agree with you that it is our own business to be responsible for our own problems. I do not like to tell my family problems to others unless it is my best friend because I know that it is usually ourselves who will have to face the problems and slove them eventually. Thanks for the discussion. Take care.
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• Penrith, Australia
10 Mar 13
That is kind of true as i dont think it is nice to let the people around you know about the unlike able things that are happening in your family, its nice t have self respect too and privacy for your experiences.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
10 Mar 13
Same goes with me. I'd rather try to solve my problems than call on anyone to tell them what is bothering me. But sometimes, if I feel like my chest is about to burst, I really have to take it out. But I always tell a family member about it rather than other people.
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• Penrith, Australia
10 Mar 13
Nothing good ever comes from bottling up. Its not healthy to carry heavy stuff especially in your heart all the time, sometimes we don't really need people t solve our problems, we just need someone who will listen.
• United States
10 Mar 13
Sometimes people need to vent. They need to talk even if it doesn't help the situation, it helps the individual. People vent about family problems here in mylot. It's like therapy. Keeps us from going stark raving mad!
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@nita04 (268)
• Philippines
10 Mar 13
jobfindonlIine, that was also my stand before. There are some who knew what we've been through with my family and I am always requested to share my life, but I always say "My life is not for public consumption". But lately, I realize that by sharing, it could lessen your baggage and can be set as an example by others that they may have our kind of problem but they will take it lightly because they knew they are not alone.
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@Nursefrai06 (2498)
• Penrith, Australia
10 Mar 13
I could tell people if they are anonymous and i dont know them and we don't share the same history or the same environment together. That way they can look at things more objectively if you tell your story exactly as you know it. And also sometimes when were down, we dont really need someone who will solve our problems fr us, we need someone who will listen. And the intentions of listening are purer when you are unbiased, sometimes when you open up to a person who knows a lot about you, you don't know what their real intentions are, some people just want information from you that they can gossip about with other people. That's not nice.
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@madu52 (78)
• Thailand
10 Mar 13
yes.it is right.absolutely. i think any person who lives in the world has privet life.some children have family problem.as a result of above reason it has mentally problem
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@ctryhnny (3460)
• United States
9 Mar 13
Sometimes it's good to hear the views and opinions of people who are not involved in the problems. If I had to keep everything I am going through to myself I think my head would explode. That's one of the things I like about mylot...my family isn't here to see what I really think and I'll never meet any of mylot members so I wouldn't be embarrassed. This is just my opinion.
9 Mar 13
I also love being here coz I can say whatever I want but I still use this site with limitations. I don't tell too much personal matters here or make my discussion/comments so detailed.. my privacy is important for me. I do respect and appreciate your opinion. I'd like to discuss my problems or any personal thing to the person who can be trusted.. my family and close friends belong to that category. so I just don't like that anyone could hear about our problems.
• Philippines
10 Mar 13
I usually do this because I worry too much. I didn't have a sounding board, I might do soemtihng reckless instead.
@dandan07 (1906)
• China
10 Mar 13
I do not like to tell my family problems to other people. If I tell the problems, I know I can get some useful suggestion from other people, but at the same time, people will judge you by your privacy. Family problems are usually different from common problems, you should take the feeling into consider, your partner may be hurt by the privacy over spread.
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@cvodrey (225)
• United States
9 Mar 13
Those who are close to me are aware of my problems. I don't hide them. I'm very open about what is going on in my life. The only time I reach out further is when the problems seem beyond my control and I need support. This happens, and I don't feel ashamed. I think everyone needs to talk about what is going on in their life when things get very tough.
15 Mar 13
I do the same thing. I love telling my problems to the people who are close to my heart. I do agree that we need to talk our problems or what's going on in our life but for me I must do it to the right person.
@sjlskl (3382)
• Singapore
9 Mar 13
Depending on what the problem is. Some I will share, some nope. While they might be able to help or give advise, some stuff, it is better leave unsaid.
15 Mar 13
yes some things are better left unsaid if we don't want to make it worse.. coz when you said it to the wrong person or to someone that you think you can trust but it turns out that he's not, it won't do good for you and your problem.
• Valdosta, Georgia
9 Mar 13
I am a private person when I was at a workplace or somewhere like that, or when I am in a room with people I don't really know well. But here, I do come here to have discussions, to get and give advice. If no one talked about personal things here we would not have half the discussions to participate in... And that is how we get to know each other here. Plus it is nice sometimes to get opinions or advice on things. I come here sometimes to vent and its nice to have someone to listen when I need it. I don't have a problem with being personal here. =) I have many friends to help!
12 Mar 13
it's a different thing if we discuss our personal thing on this site coz we are using a code name here and we can discuss any thing that we like here. I also like the opinions I read here.
@bux123 (96)
• India
10 Mar 13
I also don't like to tell to other about my problems, i will tell them if i need any help from them. I generally don't like to talk about my problems with others. Some people share each a every thing with others. They can't hide any thing. Sharing with others is not a bad thing but not good if we share always.
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@jiiiiin (586)
• Philippines
9 Mar 13
I am the kind of person that will keep in myself what problems I have because I am not the expressive type. But sometimes sharing problems with people you trust like your friends can lighten the burden of the problems you are going through. In my point of view, if you share it to others they might help us to solve our problems. Yes we are responsible to our own problem but sometimes it is okay to ask someones help.
15 Mar 13
it could lighten our burden for sure but I still think that we need to say it to the right person, someone who can keep confidential matter or also concern about your family reputation. we don't want to share our problems to a person who is so excited or interested only in spreading gossips. I agree that we should ask the help of others if needed coz we are not capable of doing anything at our own.. we all need help.
• Philippines
10 Mar 13
If i really can't find the answer to my personal/family problem, i share it to somebody i think i can trust in hopes to find some help.. other than that intention, i know i'm just seeking attention.
15 Mar 13
nice point here.. I know some people who are really like the attention seeker type. all people have their own problems to deal with. that is why if we have problems we shouldn't overdo it by telling every detail to our friends. we don't want to add burden to them coz whether we admit it or not, they are somehow affected by our problems if they are our real friend but if they don't, well we just wasted our time.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
9 Mar 13
I have my problems that i can share with people i am close with. But the personal problems, or problems with boyfriend or family and even finances, i am not comfortable to share them with my friends. i manage to share those before with my ex but only him... so now i don't i think there are really some problems only worth keeping to yourselves. Some times i share them here in mylot, but in the form of a discussion where i share an experience, usually its already done and over with.
12 Mar 13
there are things that we are not comfortable to discuss with other people even with our close friends. well for some it's just okay but if you are a person who want to keep personal problems in private, for sure you won't discuss it to anyone.
@dianmelydia (2269)
• Indonesia
9 Mar 13
Telling family problems to others is a same thing with you give the others a chance to look down your family. I think it's not a good idea. For personal problems, i think it depends on what is the problem itself and to whom you will tell. If you have personal problem regarding to your own feeling to someone, maybe you can tell it to your best friend and ask for suggestion if that person can help you. But if your problem is something bad which can harm your relationship with other people, i think you better keep it alone. We won't know if someone we knew already could become our future enemy some day. So better manage our own problem wisely. Have a nice day and happy mylotting.
12 Mar 13
this is very true. if you love your family, you don't want others to look down anyone of your family members or your family as a whole. you need to protect the reputation of your family and I think it's an expression of love to keep private matters within the family members only.
@sriroshan (2585)
• India
9 Mar 13
No I don't like to discuss any of my family problems with other outsider. And why I should disclosed my family problems to other and make myself laugh or give the chance to other to talk about my family.
12 Mar 13
like you I don't want others to talk about our family. it's better to leave some things in private sometimes. disclosing our problem to others may not always have a positive result, it can even cause gossips.
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
9 Mar 13
Keeping problems inside is wrong. It will eat you. I am not saying you have to ventilate it to everybody or tell the whole world. But I do advice you to do something with these problems, the thoughts, feelings you have about it. A diary for example, or find someone (depending on the kind of problems) who might help you out. This can only be by just being that listener. Many people do know how to solve their problems, in most cases the time is not ready or they just need to tell it to someone and after that moment they can go for it. To some it's easier to talk to familiar people to others to a stranger because they will probably never meet that stranger in real life.
12 Mar 13
I don't keep it within me, I always talk about it with my family. My family knows everything I'm going through but I don't want to share it to anyone. I understand that we can seek the help of our friends, or just tell our problems to lessen the burden we feel inside.. I agree with the options available like having a diary. I think I prefer doing that than telling it with my friends. it really depends on us if we like to talk it with strangers or to the person we know.
• Malaysia
9 Mar 13
for me whatever the problem that i or my family face, is not logic to telling other. they don't understand it or lending help other than critic and add more idiot suggestion. if i don't have money, i won't borrow it from my friend. why i say like that? i just not want them to know my problem.i would rather keep it silent and eat nothing but drink water to fill the empty stomach.
12 Mar 13
me too don't like the idea of borrowing money from a friend. I don't want them to think that I'm taking advantage of them. I couldn't remember a single time I borrowed money from my friends. Although some of my friends do that to me, I still don't like to see myself doing the same thing.
@amuzien (90)
9 Mar 13
it depends on how close i am with my friends.i really have some close friends.i think i could share some family problems with them.but i will not tell them all.after all they can not help me solve the problems.
12 Mar 13
it's not our obligation to tell anyone what our family problem is. there is nothing wrong if we say it to a close friend or someone that can be trusted.. even if they don't help us, I know it could lessen the burden but in the end as I already said we are responsible for our own problems and it is in our hands to solve it.