Everybody Hurts, Sometimes: The Benefits of Expressing Your Feelings

My news for you, coming from 47 years of counseling people, is that everyone hurts sometimes. People can look totally together and happy on the outside, and on the inside, there is a hurt that they are feeling, but just not showing.

Everybody Hurts, Sometimes.

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I have listened to him sing this many times and each time I feel the truth of the song, everybody hurts and we need to hold on and take comfort in our prayers and spiritual life. We are never alone in our pain, even though it can feel that way.

Camp is lethargic. This far into the game, the shelter's been built and the fire's going, and everybody has their chores and routines. As a fed-up Erik says, "There's nothing to be talked about, nothing to be said, nothing to be done. I'm miserable here. This is the most beautiful prison I've ever been in." (Erik has others to compare it to?!)

But wait! Jeff gives her another choice. He shows Brenda a video message: A second loved one for everybody is on the island. She can either (a) go with her dad, Dawn, and Dawn's husband to the barbecue, or (b) send the other four players and their eight loved ones to the barbecue. Wow ... "Survivor" is starting to be really mean these last few seasons with the dilemmas!

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