When we are dealing with things, it can be hard to see outside of ourselves. Although everyone has “stuff” and we can have empathy for each other, it can be difficult to see anything other than ourselves and what we go through sometimes.
Emotional and physical pain tend to focus us on ourselves and it can be difficult to shift away from that. It can be difficult to keep yourself from being consumed by it.
Emotional reasonable mind + logical reasonable mind = wise mind
