Text to self realtion to Hallwards Ted Talk

In the Ted Talk How Telling our Silenced Stories can Change the World, Anna Hallward convinces viewers that no harm can be done from sharing personal stories. She further explains that admitting these unspoken deep emotional thoughts is healthy for you and it is even healthy for you to hear and listen to someone who is revealing their most vulnerable thoughts. Hallward informers viewers by saying,  “When we tell silent stories, our health measurably improves and you can follow that for a year. Immune system function improves, wound healing improve, visits to the ER are minimized. So we know that telling our silenced stories is good for us, but interestingly enough actually listening to stories… Thomas Houston at the University of Massachusetts found that when you listen to a story told by someone like you, who you can really identify with and who is struggling with an issue, your blood pressure goes down and it lasts for months.” I completely agree, it is an incredible feelings to relate and to admit your feelings with someone, you do not feel alone anymore but accepted. The feeling of sharing a hidden feeling with either a close companion or stranger is one of the most gratifying feelings in the world. I friendship I have comes to mind when I think about admitting my deepest thoughts. I have created an incredible bond with one of by best friends just by admitting the things I am thinking to her. She has a kind excepting soul and is always willing to listen and always replies with a judgeless and conscious supportive responses. On a lesser scale a time of perfect understanding and acceptance comes to mind. We were packing her things up at her house for her big move to college and I noticed a clear makeup organizer was in the pile of things to pack. Only days before my mom had bought me the same organizer for school, but I hated it. I told my mom thank you and did not tell her that I thought it was ugly because she went out of her way to buy me a cute little gift for school how was I supposed to tell her I hated it. So looking at the organizer at my friends house I had said “Oh my gosh, I have the same makeup organizer.” To which she replied non-enthusiastically, “Oh, really.” I then said, “Yeah my mom bought it for me.” As soon as these works slipped out of my mouth her head shot up and she excitedly replied “No way my mom bought mine for me!” In my head I now knew that she didn’t pick this out for her self, then the thoughts of realization raced through my head, I yelled back, “Oh my god, I hate it so much! But I felt bad cause my mom bought it for me!” At the same time she was yelling back at me “I hate it so much, I think its so ugly!” We started to laugh and could not stop. We both had admitted a thought we were both having but had not shared before even though it is not as serious as other topics, it was deeply relieving to both share the same exact thought. As we continued to giggle about the silly coincident, I really basked in this relieving feeling. Moments like this is what forms bonds and deepens friendships. I strongly agree with Anne Hallward when she says that revealing these deep feelings is not only good for the soul but for the body as well.