Why do humans feel the urge to talk to others? After you talk to some one else why do you usually feel better when nothing has actually changed. The person you are talking to won't even feel or ever understand fully what you feel...

Humans are social animals and they develop by interacting with other humans.... but still how does the talking help any thing?

Should I have even posted this? meh oh well..

I think it's mainly a release. If I'm upset and I talk to someone, I never expect them to feel what I feel, I never expect them to understand why I feel the way I do even... I just want an ear other than my own, so I'm not sitting here boxed up with an overload of feelings.

Sometimes as a benefit, the other person might understand how I feel, they might even feel the same way or similarly to how I do. Often that could be a driving force for me to seek them out to talk, because they have that link. More often than not though I just need a release.

Why do we feel better after having talked to someone, whether they understand or not? Again, because of the release it gave us. Took some of the pressure off. They might not understand, they might not feel the same way we do, but they do know then that we are feeling that way.

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You cant be sure of that. Some people have gone through the same things you have and can easily empathise with your situation. People may not know ever little detail of your situation and how your past has made you perceive and react to it, but that doesnt take away from the knowlage and experience that they do have.
Talking to others might not give you practical benefit but it can give you a emotional one, if you need to feel connected to someone or just need to speak up about something.

It's for a sense of knowing that you aren't alone in the world, even though you might think you are the only one who is feeling the way you are.

i belive garg, it's because they seek something. i dont need human interaction in teh real world, i could live as a hermit, but online i do post to seek information, and as a side effect of that when i see someone as a topic like this i hope i can help others out, part of my philosopher side. i look for info on transformers, on combat, on other likeminded people..etc.

however many others simply do it for attention in one way or another, many people post just because they are looking to some degree for a fight.

Sometimes it helps just to know that you're not alone and that you have someone to vent to and tell your worries and troubles to.
I've helped a few people in the past by simply talking to them and offering advice. It shows them that at least someone out there gives enough of a damn about them to try to help at least. In their eyes, it's telling them that they're at least worth a little bit. When you're depressed it means a lot to be able to talk to someone. Better than turning to a bottle of SoCo.... In my case anyway.

I agree with Sinistress about it being a release. You can sometimes get the same effect by writing in a journal. You get your thoughts out in a concrete form, whether its written or someone else has heard them and once their out there, you have to look at whatever emotional dilemma you are dealing with head on and it helps you work through it.