[Just Lurking]

Well I don't know about you, but I'm pretty much the opposite of "self-centered". The problem I have is I think too much about other people and their needs instead of my own.

You say that people on here always start talking about their own frustrations when someone posts a thread about his/her problems... Well, most of the time I feel like that's the only thing I can do. I just have nothing helpful to say.

There's something to be said about relating to other people's problems. Someone posts about a bad experience, another poster replies with a similar experience. I don't really see anything wrong about that. Hearing someone say "Yeah I've been in that situation too, this is what happened" can help if only to show them they're not alone in their struggles.