Sheepdog Tip of the Day, After Combat tip 34
The authority, ability and responsibility to divide the pain falls on the shoulders of the people who shared the event. They are the ones who can sift through what happened and help each person understand the totality of the event. They must be there for each other to "divide the pain." By the way, the rest of the equation is "joy shared is joy multiplied." First the pain is divided and then the joy is multiplied.
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, On Combat
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