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“I looked over Emma’s shoulder. I recognized the girls in the photos. I understood we used to be close. But they were like books I’d read two summers ago; I knew I’d liked them, but I couldn’t tell you now what they’d been about.”

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“Sorry," I said. There was little healing power in the word, but maybe the Inspectre wasn't looking to heal. Maybe he didn't want someone to fix it. It had been broken too long for me to think anything I said would actually help. It was like trying to put a Band-Aid on a shark bite. Sometimes people just needed to vent and get it out of their system.”

Listening Humorous Venting

Book:Dead Waters

Source: Dead Waters

“My writing time had been my personal oasis. A small respite each night, a private space to muse and vent. It was a restorative act, not a performative one.”

Writing Journal Oasis Venting Personal Time Private Space

Book:Rewriting My Happily Ever After: A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery

Source: Rewriting My Happily Ever After: A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery

“One participant got so angry after thinking about the insulting feedback that hitting the punching bag wasn't enough: he punched a hole in the wall of the lab.”

Anger Management Experiment Venting

Book:Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

Source: Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

“Sweating the small stuff is OK, but exercise your complaints lightheartedly. Seek out humor in your whining. Be humble. Be self-aware. If you allow yourself to sweat the small stuff—and I think you should—then you also must force yourself to be detail oriented. If you allow yourself to sweat the small stuff, then you must try your hardest not to sweat the big stuff. That’s the deal we are making in this chapter. I will declare that it is acceptable to complain every once in a while, and you will agree to do it only with the small stuff and not the big stuff. I am giving this advice because venting is extremely healthy. And it is also good practice for self-awareness. Venting about the little things provides you with perspective on how silly and unproductive complaining really is. At the same time, we should recognize that pent-up frustration can have real consequences and be detrimental to our mental health. I firmly believe that allowing yourself the space to complain every once in a while about the little things frees up mental bandwidth to deal with more consequential life events. It is a frustration-release valve.”

Venting

Book:Fortitude: American Resilience in the Era of Outrage

Source: Fortitude: American Resilience in the Era of Outrage

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