Do you ever feel so lost, stuck, and confused about a situation that you don't know what to think or do? Me too.
It's not a comfortable place to be, but I've learned that confusion can't be ignored; it needs to be embraced to get to the other side of it. We have to admit to ourselves that we don't have an easy answer to whatever it is that is confusing the hell out of us.
And then, we need to start working through the confusion. Gently.
That can mean writing about the situation, literally freestyling and dropping thoughts onto paper, not trying to make sense of any of the words. That might help us get comfortable enough to speak our confusion aloud to another person.
Perhaps a close friend will give us some time and listen to us as we process the wide array of conflicting thoughts and ideas. It's good to remind that friend that we don't need them to find a solution to our confusion; we need them to be there while we work through to the other side.