12 03 2015 01 05 pm et updated dec 06 2017 in the last 60 seconds here s what happened. So when we understand and uncover these stories we gain the opportunity to understand maybe we need a new.
Don t tell everything you know but do tell the truth dr.
Why do we tell stories quotes. That is your role your gift erin morgenstern the night circus. A great memorable quote from the are you afraid of the dark. 1 quote have been tagged as why we tell stories.
They are the signal within the. Stories create community enable us to see through the eyes of other people and open us to the claims of others. We use stories to make sense of our world and to share that understanding with others.
Because you can t see things at night kiki. 168 million emails were sent 700 000 google searches were launched and 60 hours of youtube videos were uploaded not to mention all the spam banner ads phone calls facebook posts tweets texts and telemarketing calls that found. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it because of your words.
Why do we always tell scary stories at night. You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone s soul becomes their blood and self and purpose. Things are always scarier at night kristen.
Because we had survivedsisters and brothers daughters and sons we discovered bon. Stories are recognizable patterns and in those patterns we find meaning. Even when the body goes to sleep the mind stays up all night telling itself stories jonathan gottschall the storytelling animal 29.
And as such we respond to stories because they cultivate emotion and a sense of togetherness a connection. Maya angelou click h ere to listen to our interview with dr. A psychotherapist s job is to work with patients to rewrite their stories in a more positive way.
The simple personifying and humanizing of a cartoon character creates a connection with. One of the great contributions of psychology and psychotherapy research is the idea that we can edit revise and interpret the stories we tell about our lives even as we are constrained by the facts. Yeah like some ghoul could sneak up on you in the dark.
When we don t live up to that responsibility we don t get read. I mean if they re scary they should be just as scary during the day right gary. It s very important that we tell the truth.
We tell stories in order to feel at home in the universe roger bingham british science communicator writer and public television producer and host we re supposed to be tellers of tales as well as purveyors of facts. Maya stories are the shortest distance between us and truth.
