Joseph MD, MBA, is a board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and researcher who specializes in mental health and trauma. She is the author of High Functioning: Overcome Your Hidden ...

Angry? You could call a friend and vent. You could punch a pillow or break a plate. Or you could even record a rant on a website like RantRampage.com. Unfortunately, you may be doing more harm than ...

We’ve all been there – furiously typing paragraphs until our hands shake from the effort, or yelling at our phone while a friend on the other end gets an earful on the entire saga. Whether we like to ...

We spend about 30 percent of our entire lives at work. The rest of the time is probably spent running around doing errands, catching up on homework, or chasing after the kids. Finding healthy ways to ...

At some point, someone at work is going to upset you. It might be a supervisor who doesn’t support a project that you’re passionate about. Or it might be a colleague who undermines your work or takes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When your partner frustrates you or your mom is on your last nerve, it’s natural to call a friend or talk about your feelings at ...

Venting when angry seems sensible. Conventional wisdom suggests expressing anger can help us quell it, like releasing steam from a pressure cooker. But this common metaphor is misleading, according to ...

A couple of weeks ago, former ABC political journalist Mark Halperin predicted that a Trump victory would result in “the greatest mental health crisis” in U.S. history. The same could be said for a ...

A new study shows that venting about people can make you more likable. Friends can bond over venting when it feels relatable to them. Venting that feels more like gossip can backfire and lose you ...

Venting is common in most social interactions, wherein the person opens up to the listener to express their frustrations, anxieties, and even grievances regarding others. Typically, venting has always ...