How is the crisis shared?

When people share a crisis, they help each other feel less overwhelmed by splitting the problem into smaller parts.

Imagine you and your friend both drop your ice cream on the ground, it’s a big mess! Instead of crying about it alone, you both work together. You pick up the ice cream bits, and then you both eat some from the same cone. That way, the big mess feels like a little snack.

If one person has all the ice cream mess to clean up, they might feel sad or stressed. But if two people share the mess, it’s easier for both of them. They can help each other pick up the pieces, and then enjoy their ice cream again, happy and full.

Sometimes sharing a crisis means playing together. Maybe you both try to make a new ice cream cone with what's left. You laugh about the mess, and it becomes something fun instead of something sad. That’s how people share crises, they help each other, and sometimes turn problems into games.