[JeremyJaydan]

I've also seen this phenomenon. I wonder if hopelessness and hopefulness is relevant since the focus seems to be the difficulty of coming up with solutions.

I suppose this just shifts the question to.. are we typically more hopeful for others than of ourselves and if so why?

Hopeful = helpful?

[nuancebydefault]

If we have a problem ourselves, we sometimes block out, often obvious, solutions! I read somewhere : what can help is, ask yourself, what advice would I give if that problem were a problem of a friend. And that works! Suddenly you have, at least, a less biased view on the problem, or even the solution!