Venting doesn’t work
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Venting doesn’t work
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#2> Recent headlines have shared tales of venting by everyone from Olympians to Russell Westbrook to moms meeting in a park to scream.
Russell Westbrook is an Olympian...
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#3The hell it doesn’t! Let me tell you … ;-)
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#4If true, wouldn’t this undermine the entire psychiatric approach of behavioral cognitive therapy and ideas such as confronting one’s fears and talking through problems?
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#5If true, wouldn’t this undermine the entire psychiatric approach of behavioral cognitive therapy and ideas such as confronting one’s fears and talking through problems?
In my experience, therapy wasn't venting, it structured approaches to deal with the reasons that led to the need for venting.
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#6If true, wouldn’t this undermine the entire psychiatric approach of behavioral cognitive therapy and ideas such as confronting one’s fears and talking through problems?
I think there's a difference between mindlessly venting and mindfully stepping through thought processes.
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#7If true, wouldn’t this undermine the entire psychiatric approach of behavioral cognitive therapy and ideas such as confronting one’s fears and talking through problems?
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#8Stop using small sample sized studies done on college campuses (n = 600, 178, 60) to push clickbait headline articles.
Sounds like saying, "Don't cry when you're sad it Doesn't Work"
How about let people do what they want? People vent because they want to know they aren't crazy or at fault. Not because they're trying to be calm or forget grievances.
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#9It sounds like the aggressive behavior was measured pretty soon after hitting the punching bag. It would be interesting to run the test again after the adrenaline has worn off.
I don't think proponents of catharsis are claiming that screaming at a tree if going to instantly make you calmer, it's that later that day you might feel better.
Also, participants were instructed to focus their anger on the perpetrator of the criticism, whereas it's probably healthier and more effective to simply focus on releasing your aggression.
Or, a combo study would be interesting where participants are instructed to hit a punching bag and then try to empathize with themselves or others, vs. only trying to empathize.
Anyway, it's an interesting study, but I'm not sure I'd rule out catharsis just yet.
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#10If true, wouldn’t this undermine the entire psychiatric approach of behavioral cognitive therapy and ideas such as confronting one’s fears and talking through problems?
I’m not sure why. “Venting” doesn’t seem to have much overlap with CBT other than words being involved.