HOW TO RESPOND WHEN SOMEONE IS VENTING AT YOU?
If someone is annoyed and venting out their negativity, even when it's not about you, it's pretty obvious that you start reacting negatively toward the situation. I mean who likes receiving venting at full steam? It can be frustrating, uncomfortable and even distressing. It can be confusing for a person who is listening to someone venting. • They might get confused about the reaction i.e how to react. • They might distance themselves from negative people. • They might get frustrated and end up fighting with them. • They might try to change their way of looking out at things. • They might start feeling responsible for all your problems. When you resist or react negatively toward a situation or someone who need to vent in India at you or try to advise them a better perspective, it can work like adding up the fuel to their fire and making things even worse! But it doesn’t need to be that way. There is a better way to listen to someone venting!