"To give a hand" means "to help". So if you wanted to explain this with the expression above, I would suggest mentioning the word "help" in your expression. Otherwise, your English seemed fine to me!

"Share a sorrow, and it halves; share a joy, and it doubles." I've based that on the well-known saying "A problem shared is a problem halved".

Hi. It´s great that you´re going to things like that where you can practice and improve your english! Now, for this question: Even though sadnesses and sorrows can be used to refer to more than one sadness or sorrow, it´s not commonly used. I would use sadness and sorrow as a general feeling. A good option would be: 1. Sadness and sorrow get (not getting because you´re talking about a timeless idea, it happens now, it has happened before and it will happen again) two times smaller when we share them (not it, since they are plural) with someone... 2. Sadness and sorrow lose power when we share them with someone... 3. Sadness and sorrow are less heavy when we share them with someone... 4. Sadness and sorrow are cut in half when we share them with someone... I understand you want to use the numbers to express the impact of sharing, but I wouldn´t repeat the idea in both sentences of your text. I would also use a connector, like - and - while - on the other side - And for the other half of you thought, I would do it like this: 1. Happiness grows... when we do that. 2. Happiness doubles... when we do that. 3. Happines increases... when we do that. "when we do that" is just an option. It is up to you if you use it or not. Finally, this is how I would express that idea: - Sadness and sorrow are cut in half when we share them with someone, while happiness grows when we do that - Good luck on your class! Rodrigo

That is why people use the help of therapists instead of help of friends, which would be much healthier. Not all help is about money and charity. Maybe it is hard to understand but it is Russian way to solve mental problems. We use friends not drugs.

I am going to say about help which is invisible but very important. I mean when people have a hard time sometimes all what they need just a good listener whom they trust. It can even save life because some people who are lonely and life depresses them too much can even take their own life if they have no one who can help them at such moment.