I Can Relate
Were these words ever spoken to you? Every time I talk to my friends about my personal problems when I was younger, they always tell me those words. “I can relate” That short sentence had always given me comfort when I opened up to them. It’s an assurance that my friends were also experiencing the things I was going through. “My mom got furious about my grades in Algebra. She’s cutting the DSL, can’t go online for a week” “Hey man, I can relate. I flunked in English. My dad confiscated my PS2. Can’t play my Final Fantasy 10 ” I have more grown up problems now but whenever I heard someone who went through the same things I did, I felt comforted. It creates an atmosphere of openness and I would always tell them what I felt and the same goes for them. We would talk about the same problems and we will help each other out. It was practicing accountability. When you’re trying to quit at something like drinking alcohol, you’ll need an accountability partner who’s going thr...