The importance of learning how to give people space and presence when they are processing hardship
A small note.
When you love people or want to see them grow (or get out of a situation they are stuck in), it's so important to have a lens where you can see what they are going to want to just be assertive about or vent about, and how to let that come through a legitimate amount. If you cut this off, invalidate, or block it, it's really difficult and deleterious; it sends a problematic feedback energy to them that their feelings are trouble, and that their attempt to share the situation with someone else also is trouble. This can fester a lot of problems inside of ourselves.
It's really hard, sometimes, when that person might have extra or confounding / combined problems that make things worse and get in the way of a natural expression-seen-feeling validation cycle. But outside of that, knowing the whole spectrum of what people need space for, and realizing those needs aren't the same as what you needs or how you might prefer to express or be seen - that's the magic of it. Doing this without throwing away any of your needs altogether, but simply offering the space and awareness for someone to go through their recovery cycle, this is something that ought to be taught in the earliest educations. It has so much positive impact.
It is so poorly modeled, as well. But it matters so much. It's something we can do for each other, and learning how to do it as best you can (and the implications for such regarding knowing your own self) will have tremendous return on investment. I'm certain the best versions of the future go through that skillset being more widely developed.