We need to be careful about what you say to someone? Are there certain words or phrases that are likely to trigger a powerful reaction? Should we avoid tricky topics, lest these give rise to uncomfortable exchanges? And how meaningful can our life really be, if so much of it is being spent under such diplomatic strictures? There are time when we have the chance to speak more freely and to be heard more respectfully. The truth is not anyone's enemy yet deception has the capacity to harm everyone equally.
Problems are like microbial organisms. They hardly need a conducive climate in order to keep on growing. Give them just the smallest opportunity and they will replicate. Plus, of course, they feed on themselves. All you have to do is have one and somehow, it starts magnetically attracting others to it. Or so it seems. That has been your experience of late. But it need not be the way that things continue. A change in the cosmic climate implies a new understanding about how to tackle an old difficulty.