Yeah, I have never been concerned about being validated or told that someone cares about me as I am trying to comfort them.

Eh, don't you? Maybe just a little bit? Don't you sort of want them to acknowledge and or appreciate your brilliant solution? Or hear them say something like, "heck yeah, you know what I'm talking about!"? Or even, "thanks a lot, I feel a little better now"?

I also wanted to mention, when you said, "they need to find their own solutions", it reminded me of a con-artist.

A con-artist knows that one of the most powerful hypnotic techniques is to address a person, by name (people love hearing their own name) and to interject a simple, "you're right!" at every available opportunity. And once their guard is down, they try to make subtle suggestions that lead the mark to believe the action (scam) is actually their own idea. Usually by asking the mark for advice or assistance of some kind.