>>336856375
sometimes all people need is someone that actually listens and doesn't try to fix them or judge them for venting, you would be surprised how many people get into a bind just because they spend most of their time in isolation and have been so long removed from any tribe that they lost their ability to speak (or never discovered that in the first place)
to see someone grow more confident in themselves and breaking out of their comfort zone to actually talk with people is cathartic to self too if you helped make that happen, it does come with a strange sense of birds flying out to leave the nest but it is still a pleasant feeling when you see them fly with their own wings instead of hiding under yours