why is helping others easier than helping yourself?!

I was talking with my friend the other day about some problem she is dealing with and at one point she said to me: "why is helping others easier than helping yourself, why is that?" I believe many of you asked themselves that same question. No matter what type of problem we are dealing with - Family, friends, relationships, etc. It is harder to solve our own.
A lot of my friends said I've always been able to come up with a solution. But when it comes to our problems we lose ourselves in our own mind.. and why is that? It is easier to look objectively at someone else and clearly see what they need to do. When we get in those situations we get distracted or affected by the turmoil and emotion we're experiencing. And that same emotions are getting in the way to solve our problems. When we're helping someone, we can easily see what needs to be done because we're not IN it, being buffeted by anger, fear, anxiety, or sadness.

~ Nika