Is venting even worth it

[Prøphet]

I’ve made probably 500+ vent posts this year

I don’t even really know for what purpose I make these posts, honestly it’s usually to try and compose my cluttered mess of thoughts and at least take the burden off my chest a little and put it out there so I’m not facing it alone in my head 24/7

I get great advice but I can never seem to apply it, either out of circumstance or exhaustion

I don’t think I’m looking for advice because all the advice in the world doesn’t seem to do anything for me

Is it even worth it to let out how you feel? Would I be better off if I refused to express these things?

Am I making things worse for myself?

 

[Mogger]

Feels good to let it out, at least for me. Just saying stuff out loud can help

 

[Prøphet]

Feels good to let it out, at least for me. Just saying stuff out loud can help

I feel like sometimes that good feeling of relief backfires somehow

Almost like it incentivizes my helplessness and exhaustion

 

[Idontknow-]

I’ve made probably 500+ vent posts this year

I don’t even really know for what purpose I make these posts, honestly it’s usually to try and compose my cluttered mess of thoughts and at least take the burden off my chest a little and put it out there so I’m not facing it alone in my head 24/7

I get great advice but I can never seem to apply it, either out of circumstance or exhaustion

I don’t think I’m looking for advice because all the advice in the world doesn’t seem to do anything for me

Is it even worth it to let out how you feel? Would I be better off if I refused to express these things?

Am I making things worse for myself?

If people care maybe

 

[xombie]

No.

 

[Prøphet]

No.

Do you let it out through other means instead?

 

[Eskorbutin]

Only works for me if there's physical effort I.e workout otherwise it's like masturbating hatred in my head

 

[Prøphet]

I’m not even venting at this point I’m ruminating

Looking at my fucked up situation from different perspectives for hours a day, as if magically Ill find “the one” holy grail to my life by drowning myself in my despair

 

[Prøphet]

Only works for me if there's physical effort I.e workout otherwise it's like masturbating hatred in my head

Very good way to put it

 

[AestheticsHell]

Writing everything out is a good way to structure the thoughts surrounding your specific situation, and consequently makes you understand better the source of whatever emotion you're feeling. I don't usually vent to other ppl, but whenever a thought or emotion bothers me to the point of generating discomfort I take some time to write things down in an obsidian/.md file and archive everything so I can look back on it in the future.