For me there is a fine line between sharing somethin that is troubling me and venting, which I associate with aiming for self vindication. I or someone else has to say stop and change the topic sometimes to avoid repeating the same cycles of the discussion. Once a suggestion for solution is given and analyzed, I try to end the chapter in the comversation and move on, since wallowing in a problem or self pitty is rarely useful. But often I keepdiging deeper into the problem, look at the circumstances surrounding it from all sides and feel my exasperation growing in the process. It helps to have someone stop me in those moments when I am too deep to see thigs clearly. I am in lots of ways set in my own ways and although I try to grow as a person, certain challenges I have make it difficult to put goals like less venting into practice. I become so upset when I realize I vented half an hour to someone instead of chatting about something uplifting. I can maye print a poster with a grumpy cat that reminds me to not vent so much