There is nothing more calming than finding out you’re not the only one in the world who feels like you do.  It’s even more satiating when it’s someone you don’t know very well sympathizing with you, because you know it’s honest.  And when you don’t know the answers, it’s wonderful to be able to say, “I feel this way, and I don’t know how to fix it, but I’m not wrong for feeling it, and I can work on it.”