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Effect of Finding a Clue for Self-solution

You can speak what you are suffering everyday by receiving active listening. In fact the troubles are often not organized in mind. Since you rather want to forget it, the memories are becoming ambiguous or misunderstanding.

I have a moment to notice that I was wrong...

When listening to others' trouble talking, listeners are getting concerned about various inconsistencies. These conflicting points are noticed immediately by listeners, but the person who is suffering may have not noticed unexpectedly.
You do not want to think too much about my troubles and painful things, and you want to forget it. So, there are things that are fragmented in your mind, some memorized as mistaken.
By continuing to talk about what it is suffering from receiving active listening, you will become aware of yourself on the point of contradiction.
It is a great advance if you become aware of your own contradiction. Even as a side to listen to trouble, I can not understand the contents at all when listening to the story in a state where the information is inconsistent and not organized. With fragmented information I can not give you proper advice.
However, if the information on the troubles is organized, you can understand it quite concretely and you can approach the essence of that trouble.
Also, if you can organize your troubles with your own heads, you can think of solutions yourself.
My troubles are always serious, but others' troubles are always crappy. When listening counseling is done, there is something I wonder "Why are you suffering from such trivial things?" Of course, the person himself or herself is suffering seriously.
At that time, saying "You are suffering with triflescence" etc. is messed up. Professional psychological counselors do not show such attitudes.
While continuing to accept the opponent to the last, the principal who is suffering will approach closely to the essence of the trouble, encouraging them to self-resolve and self healing.

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About Active Listening

Definition
Active listening denotes listening method actively, being interested in, and accepting opponents' speech so as to listen until deep contents of speakers mind. Active listening is one of the counseling techniques.
Why Active Listening?
Why active listening now? How come does active listening technique spread as effective mental counseling technique, or as means of voluntary activity?
Nature of Human Mind
There is another reason that active listening is being focused at mental counseling. People do not say truth in deep mind easily on conversation, since they guard themselves against others. And, speaker is influenced by what listeners say immediately.
Distance, Posture, and Body Action
Active listening is to listen actively to the story the speaker says. To listen actively, it is important to provide good environment that speaker feels free to speak. Distance between speaker and listener, posture and body action of listener are important to provide good environment.
Observe the Movement of the Opponents Eyes
Active listening will continue to listen and listen to the other party without interrupting the other's story or guiding it with your own opinion. If you continue to listen to the other person's story, occasionally contradictory points or confusions may be found.
Changes due to the Way to Reply
You listen to the story of the other party actively when active listening. Express your interests with your body, encourage the other person to talk with great nodding. As a speaker, ease of talk changes greatly depending on how the listener responds.
Thought Methods
The active listeners will basically listen to the story of the other person without saying opinions, evaluation, advice etc. If you continue to listen to the other party's story, you will not be able to keep silent as a listener. Your opinion wants to go out from your mouth.
Application to Conversation
Active listening is effective not only as a psychological counseling technique but also as an effective communication method in conversation etc. By applying active listening to conversation, it is possible to communicate well.

Active Listening Effect

Stress Divergence Effect
Many people are engaged in social life without having a place to disclose their own troubles over time. They do something else to live while dissipating stress and trying to forget their troubles.
Favorable Effect
When receiving active listening, you can speak with your own thoughts without receiving opinions, evaluation, advice etc. You feel familiar with and have a favorable impression to the people who listened to your stories and accept your own words as they are.
Effects that can Obediently Express Feelings
In society, there is no chance to express emotions easily. Every day, most people live while killing emotions. People are forced to be alienated by society, and we can not go on to express emotions unnecessarily in the organization.
Effect of Finding a Clue for Self-solution
You can speak what you are suffering everyday by receiving active listening. In fact the troubles are often not organized in mind. Since you rather want to forget it, the memories are becoming ambiguous or misunderstanding.

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