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Your Voice Can Tell The Story Of How You Are Coping With Divorce

How easy is it for your friends and family to tell how well you are dealing with your recent divorce? A new study conducted at the University of Arizona has found that most people can tell how you are feeling after only listening to a 30-second recording of your voice as you talk about how you feel. In fact, study participants who heard the voice of the divorcee talking could better understand how they were feeling than those who read transcripts of what was said.

The study, which was funded by grants from the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Mental Health, let complete strangers listen the stream-of consciousness thoughts and feelings of those going through divorce. Surprisingly, even small snippets of these thoughts were needed for others to determine how they were coping with their life change.

Researchers say that the study will help us learn how best to interact with loved ones, friends, or colleagues who are going through a separation or divorce – that many times, how they say something will be more important than what they are saying. The best course of action, they say, is to be in tune to how your friend might be feeling and let those feelings guide what your friend needs from your during their tough transition. It  may be that your friend or family member is trying to tell you that they need to talk or that they need more support.

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