Venting? It’s Just Not Healthy

There’s a better way

Dr. LauraMaery Gold, LMFT
Relating
Published in
2 min readApr 8, 2022

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Just venting? Despite popular belief, turns out it’s not healthy. At all. The research says it reinforces and exaggerates one’s negative beliefs.

Nobody’s interested in your word vomit (Image credit: Icons8 Team on Unsplash)

And worst of all? It disconnects you from the people you’re trying to communicate with. They shut down their rational brain and go into fight or flight.

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Dr. LauraMaery Gold, LMFT
Relating

Therapist, author, and felicitously married mother of seven, writing on communicating clearly and partnering perfectly. Obsessed with medium.com/relating