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There's nothing wrong with it.
This is it.
"But it's so cringe!! Why aren't u venting to friends and family??"
Idk, maybe cuz they are not comfortable doing that with people they know irl?? Maybe bc their friends are not very good at giving comfort or they don't have don't have friends? Maybe the family is abusive so they don't feel free to talk? And so on.
What people seem to not realize is that there are many reasons people do certain things. Yes, u can vent on the internet. No, u can't trauma dump, but that's just different.
People should make every social a safe place for venting.
"But it looks like they are doing it for attention!!"
So? It's normal to want attention when we are in pain. It's normal to want people to comfort you, or to feel understood. Even when it's serious trauma, because family or friends, again, may not be there for everyone and therapy, for some people, may be expensive. Or their parents are (sadly) against therapy.
This is the end. Bye!
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xX_Dyrk_Nyte_Xx
Not very smart to be sharing personal details online. Keep it to IMs or messages with friends. Strangers can and will hurt you online. Even if it's just venting you'll probably end up with malicious individuals attempting to harass you over it (happened to me way back when)
Keep a diary. Its a safe and good place to log feelings without the risk of people messing with you. Not to mention, most people don't want to see 6 blogs in a row about a teen going through being a teen.
I keep a diary where I write things im struggling with down or keep it to private chats with close friends. (Not to mention you need to ask for consent first and posting that publicly online is completely missing that step)
Ur right! Yes, u can totally keep a diary and it's not dangerous but what if they need comfort from others and feel loved and get advice and stuff? Bc someone doesn't have friends, someone has an abusive family, someone doesn't have the money for a therapist. And some unlucky people have all of three. So what should they do? i'm talking for example from myself, i love to vent online, i know there might be risks, but sometimes therapy appointments are not enough, my family is, well, not very nice to me or they don't understand, most of my friends don't know how to comfort and i feel like keeping a diary would'nt help me... so somewhere, online, i have to talk about my traumas or bad things that happened to me, might be forums (more safe) or socials. It's not like i'm "naive" because i vent online. Ik what could happen, and i don't share every detail and so on, but i still prefer it cuz it gives me the opportunity to hear people who went through the same and get more understood etc.
Hope this makes sense. thx for ur comment!
by D34d_p03t ^o^; ; Report
The risks are never worth it. I was in a situation like that and vented online. People used it to get to me and i got swatted. Stay safe instead. Join local social groups and build friend ships. Self medicate with weed. It will save you in the long run
by xX_Dyrk_Nyte_Xx; ; Report
Thx anyway :)
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carmilla
not everyone wants to see teenagers venting constantly. posting vents publicly is like opening yourself up to trolls, a-logs, etc. if its on here post it on friends-only or diary privacy, or post it on bulletins because this is like giving out free ammunition to people with guns and telling them they can choose to shoot you. sorry but ive experienced this all firsthand. im not saying ppl who vent online are always seeking attention, i used to vent on a throwaway account to avoid attention to my actual identity. but no not every place should be a safe space for venting because some people are just not comfortable with it and sometimes there's no way to filter or block out posts like that, like on here.
ok thx i get ur point, but also, people shouldn't be made fun of bc of it. cuz maybe they don't have family or friends to vent to. Also yeah i get that people don't want others to always vent etc, but some people have VERY hard lives :/ and yes, i know it can be dangerous too, but some people don't have choices. They could use a dairy ig, but how could they seek advice/comfort?
thx for commenting tho!
by D34d_p03t ^o^; ; Report
(Oh and also, about the people feeling uncomfortable, i get It, that's why we need tw's and such things for determined arguments. Also by "every social should let people be free to vent" or whatever i said, i meant that people shouldn't feel bad about expressing their emotions and finding ways to seek comfort and cope with what they feel, even if it's online. Ofc there is a time and a place and people who trauma dump others in comment sections where they don't talk about things like that such like trauma etc and say things like "oh at least you have a loving father/mother" etc are bad people but yk what i mean. Also sorry for my english, not my first language lol)
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