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A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a glass of water. The bartender pulls out a gun and points it at the man. The man thanks the bartender and walks out. Why did the man thank the bartender?
You don't have to be a novelist or poet to make effective use of analogies. An analogy is simply a comparison of two things that show their similarities and takes a familiar idea to help explain a complex or new one.
The information sources we have available to us may be more varied than we initially think. Just how big is your own echo chamber?
Push out further, go broader and add more variety into the range of sources you use.
Journaling and expressive writing has been proven to help people make sense of their experiences and emotions, particularly when dealing with traumatic or stressful events. It usually involves writing to yourself, for a specified period each day.