The YouTube skit “It’s not about the nail…” is about the need to feel heard, not fixed. It’s so basic, yet so difficult.
When I ask you to listen to me
and you start to give advice
you have not done what I asked.
When I ask you to listen to me
and you begin to tell me why I shouldn’t feel that way,
you are trampling on my feelings.
When I ask you to listen to me
and you feel you have to do something to solve my problems,
you have failed me, strange as that may seem.
Listen! All I ask is that you listen.
Not talk or do – just hear me.