by G E Barr

Created on: April 08, 2009   Last Updated: April 12, 2009

How To Begin Venting

First of all, one must realize who one is angry with, or what one is angry with. Lashing out at society in general is not healthy and will bring no relief. People who were damaged very young, usually by being lashed out at by certain members of society or abused by a parent, tend to be just angry in general, because they were too young to emotionally work through what happened, it has a stunting effect. And expressing anger is difficult for them, so they are just angry all the way around. Too, the anger might be due to neglect.

In a region, or town where there is a saturation of religion, and churches, there is a strong tendency within that "cell" to force forgiveness and it is maddening and it fosters the cycle of abuse, because no one is willing to do anything to stop it. The general consensus being, the world is coming to an end, we can't do anything about it, take your scars and go. Fifty years ago? The exact same consensus.

When someone shows anger at the system and specific individuals in it for injustices and abuses, where I'm from, then an immediate political and social drama unfolds. The person is outnumbered, mind screwed, diverted and "taken down". Even, and especially the lower class spectrum works along with the conspiracy to get "points". They antagonize the person and keep the person's attention off of their main responsibilities. It is a sickening form of mind control, where the person being antagonized can't win for losing. If you get angry, they say you're horny. If you ignore the antagonist, they say you're crazy. If you cry, then you're depressed. If you attempt to leave, they send a psychological report. If you go to request a protective order in court, you become a target all over again.

Given such an extreme and potentially dangerous situation, venting becomes either more random and general, leading to being shot down by a cop, put in a mental hospital, suicide or learning to deal with the depression causing element.

I do so by writing. That was not what inspired me to begin writing. In other words, I began with talent. That talent began peaking when I was 25 and I began to realize that I was not retarded or an amoral animal, as I'd been conditioned to think of myself.

Sometimes, I write about situations on helium.com. I have to vent and helium.com has allowed me that. I'm grateful.

Music is an emotional experience and listening to it at a high volume has been therapeutic for me. Especially music which confirms that situations

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