Will This Help?

Church is a place where many people to seek relief from everyday troubles, sins, and in many cases regrets. This woman who is praying in a confessional is looking to gain something from this experience. Is she expecting a hand to reach down and fix everything or just a reassuring pat on the back. Does she actually believed talking about her sins will wipe the slate clean, is she worried about being able to go to heaven?

I do not understand why going to confession will better lives. It is nothing more than an elaborate confession, one a person is not confortable telling anyone except a servant of God. The only time I have ever visited a confessional was in the Vatican in Vatican City. I was in there talking to some person who knew nothing about me, my feelings, or my lifestyle. How is this going to make me feel any better? Lo-and-behold, I tell him a few tidbits and in consequence feel like a complete idiot for sharing my innermost thoughts with a total stranger. Wouldn't it be more sucessful if you confessed to a friend or family mamber, and why is everyone so scared to do this?