Is venting necessary?
Where do you vent?
How do you vent? And how often?
Questions that I am asking myself and even allowing you who is reading this to ask yourselves too.
Venting, I think this is a word that was perhaps borrowed from ventilation. Ventilation which means free circulation of air in and out of an enclosed space. Every enclosed space should have a window or opening that allows air to freely get in and get out for the good of those people in that space. If there is no way in which bad air can leave or clean air can come in, then it means all these airs may get trapped within that confinement and end up causing havoc or mayhem to the people depending on that air. So this is ventilation. With this analogy, we as humans need some form of ventilation too and venting puts us in this space where it requires one to be at a place where they can let out bad air. And air here could mean anything, bad vibes, bad words, any form of negativeness, while at the same time, allow us to take in the good air which may be in form of all positive vibes that your life needs.
So what happens when you don’t vent out? You carry within you masses of bad “airs” and airs is in quote because it symbolises different things. And sadly these bad airs may hinder you from doing certain things normally. Things that make you function at your best.
The bad airs we carry, could be anywhere, in our hearts, in our minds, even in our mouths.What we should be cautious about is that these airs occupy alot of space. Space that could be occupied by something else even more useful to our lives.
So how we decide to let these airs out is upon us to figure out. Do you need to open up to someone to help you offload? Do you have a particular place you can go to vent? Venting sometimes may not yield you results of what could be troubling you, but it can help you just manage your thoughts, or even seeking help by brainstorming of ideas that can work towards finding solutions to your troubles.
If you can not talk about it or you can’t find that person to talk it out, then your chances of offloading your issues may be minimal. However, there are activities you can engage yourself in to help you let out those airs. Do you have a hobby that you can get your mind lost in where at that moment you may not be able to think about anything else that will harm your mind by storing un necessary things? If a hobby is not helpful, can you look for a journal that you can note down what is on your mind?
A venting space is also not a punching bag where you can release all kinds of airs unless you are into boxing. A punching bag can be a person, someone who you let out your unguided anger on, or even a child who has no clue about the issues you are going through. In as much as we may want to vent and release those bad airs, we need not to do this at the expense of others.
So back to ventilation. The enclosed space is yourself. Your mind. Your heart. Where you have stored those airs that it’s maybe due for them to get out. And also, these airs are somehow occupying the space that the good airs from outside should occupy. Don’t store what doesn’t need to get stored. Don’t pile up issues that don’t need to occupy space within you. Find channels of unburdening because it’s good for you and your well being. People eventually will talk what they will need to, but in the end, imagine how lighter you would feel after unburdening or venting.
Lastly, even as we vent, let’s find spaces that are safer, convenient and reasonable. Don’t vent through platforms like social media where everyone is out looking to gut you. If you can document, journal, write a song about it, write a story about it, or even pray about it, do it. Or find your personal person whom you can confide in because it’s important to vent. The world needs many happy people so vent if necessary, release those bad airs if you have to, create room for positive vibes only.
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