#anyway does anybody wanna listen to my girlfriend talk about her mommy issues

[flickeringsparks]

Vent channels in group discord servers can be useful sometimes (like if you wanna talk about an issue with a group but have it be opt-in so people who aren’t up for it don’t have to look), but I think part of the reason they don’t always work for my system is that we often need a response of some kind to not feel like we’re just shouting into a void. Like even if reassurance or support or comfort or whatever isn’t what we need, just some kind of acknowledgment. And sometimes nobody’s available so it doesn’t really work, so we have to find other ways to vent our problems instead, which can be kinda hit or miss. But that’s part of what this blog’s for for me I guess