I am usually the one that notices someone is struggling somehow and ask them if they are ok. I find that often they will discuss how they are overwhelmed and I find that they just needed someone to "listen". And it doesn't mean they always need "answers" but just someone to listen. It is easy for me to tell if someone is upset and would rather not have anyone notice or talk to them, they display a certain kind of body language that sends that message.

My therapist asked me one day if I knew the people in the waiting room because I am always talking to them and chuckling. I replied, nope, I have not met anyone I know "yet".

I don't typically get into my own problems but I am good at telling if a person is the type of person who is a caring person that I can share some things with. I have met some amazing people that way tbh.

One day there was a mix up with my T appointment. He mixed up the schedule, I got triggered but kept my calm, it turned out he discovered another lump and was heading for tests to see if it was cancerous.
He is a "cancer survivor". I gave him a hug and told him my thoughts are with him, come to find out, he was glad I did that because he was scared and felt very alone with it. He did need a reassuring hug.
If we don't try to "share our thoughts" we can miss out on some special moments with others.

To someone I have never met? Do you mean a random person on line? Or in someplace like PC? Or just a stranger you come across that you have never met before?

Open Eyes