If you are open to life, it gives you moments where you can truly help others.
Yesterday playing that game there was a lull in the normal fun and playful conversation that we have in the alliance. We talked about why some players were so grossly inappropriate in private messages and that they needed help.
We also talked that our job was to defend the defenseless as men and one opened up to share that he fought in the Afghan war and that he was faced with a child suicide bomber. The other one agreed and they had a moment were they consoled each other.
I have never been a solider so I could not empathize with that particular aspect, but I did share something that made me feel unsafe and they could see that I also have been in a similar unsafe and emotionally challenging situation. Men rarely show their vulnerable side, but when they do, you also need to show that you can identify and share something that makes you vulnerable as well.
I asked if talking about this was uncomfortable and that we could stop if they wanted. They wanted to talk about it and said it helps. So we discussed a little bit before I went to bed.
I am not a therapist but I can listen and empathize. We don’t have to have advanced training to be nurturing and healing to one another.