Article also mentioned the “The thoughts you water are the ones that grow" idiom. CBT is often about reframing or "reconstrueing" a negative or damaging viewpo

Article also mentioned the “The thoughts you water are the ones that grow" idiom. CBT is often about reframing or "reconstrueing" a negative or damaging viewpoint into something less emotionally charged. Venting is just watering and reinforcing the emotionally charged pathways -- the "gasoline on a fire" analogy.