Logomania and Listening.
So I barely got done with "a session". This particular one was with my sister. Surprisingly, she was the one with logomania, and I was the one doing the listening. And, lo and behold, it was therapeutic for both of us. Many times we hear that telling someone something helps us work through our problems. My sister is not used to expressing her feelings through words. It's cool because she is like my "perfect" sister, but she said how living with roommates in college has been a new experience for her because they "talk" through there problems, while before, she hasn't 'let' herself have any problems. I, on the other hand, talk myself through everything. So, she needed a session. She just sat down and told me her life story. It was fun because she would tell me something, and I would just sit there and nod, and she ended up solving her own problems by herself. All she needed was someone to listen. It was also cool because this is the first time she's ever done anything like this before. (I mean talk through her problems). In the end, it was cool because she totally felt better because someone listened to her, she solved her problems, and we came closer (No Brandon, not in the Preston way). It was beneficial for me because she's always been my "perfect big sister" who always does everything right and is good at everything.It made me realize that she goes through hard times too, and life is not a piece of cake for her either (even though, oft times she makes it seem so). It helped me with my empathy skills and helped me feel better. So, not only is logomania therapeutic, but so is listening.