Read the following text, and give back a thoughtful response purely from your perspective and please no data or stattistics.(At least a couple small paragraphs)

Two terms that are significant to me are storytelling and social sharing of emotion. These terms in particular mean a lot to me because of their observable presence in my everyday life. Since I see them and interact with these concepts everyday I have developed a lot of practice in how I interact within scenarios regarding these different terms. For example, my listening tendencies within relationships often result in the use of storytelling by someone I really care about. When I have conversations with my younger sister, my best friends, or even my parents and close family on occasion, I am able to stay well engaged in the story as well as provide active-constructive listening signals as they speak to me. However, I only frequently have these kinds of conversations among my young sister and a handful of my good friends. Though these occurrences aren’t daily, I really enjoy being able to fully listen into a story while piecing together the important and relevant details. As well as understanding the point someone speaking to me is trying to make. It is very comforting to me when I do not necessarily have to share a lot about my own stories or details of my life. I enjoy attentively listening to those I care greatly about, and being able to provide them with a person they feel safe opening up to about getting hard topics off of their chest.

Another significant term for me is social sharing of emotion. Since I have taken a liking to that role, I have been a good shoulder and listener for my friends and siblings for years. In doing so, my ability to participate in some of my own social sharing of emotion has improved immensely the more I take the time to simply be there for others. On another note, when I am listening to others I used to be very bad at holding prolonged eye contact while engaging with others. I’m not sure why I began to have this problem because when I was younger I always understood that eye contact was a significant part of conversation. I grew up knowing how much respect you show others when you listen to them and give them your undivided attention by keeping eye contact with them. I also learned that you can read a lot about what a person wants or needs from a conversation in the expressions in their eyes. When you’re speaking to others, you’re not too concerned about what you look like or what expressions you’re making, you simply need to talk about or relay what is on your mind. This also helps me develop a stronger gauge on the situation along with being able to better understand the individual's feelings, deep rooted or shallow. As a whole, by allowing others to share their emotions it helps me have an improved understanding of my own emotions. Not only that, but I have an easier time opening up to others within my own conversations as well.

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