Suggestion box

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The abstract term suggestion box describes any form of container that is considered a repository for criticism or emotionally stressful thoughts and feelings for one or more individuals. This can also be a box in the literal sense, in which documents or symbolic objects are usually loaded.

Definition

In general, the term includes every conceivable object and person who is considered a recipient of burdens . In addition to the property as a recipient, the meaning of the term integrates the property as an unloading point. This second property serves to relieve the burden of the burden on the soul, which is the real purpose of a grief box. Furthermore, it can be seen as a long-term form of archiving dedicated to the memory of negative but significant memories. An object becomes a suggestion box through the corresponding intention of a mind looking at it.

Basically, from the point of view of the person concerned, a distinction can be made between two types of suggestion boxes: Locked suggestion boxes, which are and should remain absolute keepers of secrets, and suggestion boxes, which reveal the stresses taken at another time in a certain form.

Types of suggestion boxes

Human suggestion boxes

People as personal conversation or chat partners are the most common type of suggestion box. These can be professional psychotherapists or telephone counselors, but non-professional human headache boxes are far more common. As a rule, these are initially not specifically perceived as such. The property as a suggestion box develops from positively viewed experiences of the person who grieves. Such instances can exist both in the professional environment and in private life. People who have proven to be suitable are initially considered as contact persons. In the further development, which can vary greatly over time, the contact person can become a suggestion box. But it also happens that fellow human beings are specifically chosen to dump worries and thus serve as a suggestion box.

Interpersonal conversations can be one-sided forms of suggestion boxes, but the conversation partners can also be each other's suggestion boxes. The number of people does not have to be limited to two. In psychotherapy , such forms of exchange can be specifically integrated into group therapy .

Material suggestion boxes

The residents of Groß Rodensleben are called upon to criticize and collaborate in the administration of the village (1953)

The most common and traditional form of material suggestion boxes are diaries , as well as letters . This is where the worrying thoughts and feelings are put on paper. Diaries are usually suggestion boxes, the contents of which should be kept secret. Letters, on the other hand, aim to communicate.

If it is a matter of boxes or crates in the literal sense, there is the possibility of storing important objects. These are usually symbolic memorabilia. Such boxes are sometimes buried. They can also be deposited at certain locations. Sometimes this is done with the intention of reopening them at a later stage in life.

The term suggestion box has also established itself in companies and other organizations. These are mailboxes in which employees or members can anonymously pass on their worries or complaints that they have put down on paper. These types of suggestion boxes have also come in electronic forms such as mailboxes as a result of the Internet.

Intangible suggestion boxes

Various forms of poetry (including lyrics), writing, and composing music serve as intangible suggestion boxes . When used as a suggestion box, stressful thoughts and feelings are consciously put into the works. The same applies to other works of art that have a corresponding purpose.

Rituals

There are rituals around suggestion boxes around the world . In some schools in England, for example, students write all their worries on pieces of paper at the end of the year. A heap is then built from these slips of paper, which is ceremonially burned together.

Animals as suggestion boxes

Animals, especially pets , can also meet the requirement of a suggestion box from the owner's point of view. They are not infrequently viewed this way.

Question of delimitation

The question of the delimitation of the term is not clear, as it is an abstraction and the term results from everyday life and linguistic habit. The only clear demarcation is currently in the declaration. According to this, a thing is then a suggestion box when it is consciously referred to as such. In this respect, all things that meet the other requirements are ordinary things in everyday life until they are subjectively defined or declared as a suggestion box.

Origin and recent developments

Little is known today about the early history of formal suggestion boxes. More is known today about recent developments as a result of the increasingly developed information and communication age. The function of the suggestion box makes brisk developments and gains in variety of forms. The latest trends are internet forums , internet suggestion boxes, online counseling and internet-based concern networks ( advisory networks ).

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