This is true, I suspect. Except if you make it funny. Funny venting -- exasperated joking -- is an enormously effective stress reduction tactic. The key poin

This is true, I suspect. Except if you make it funny. Funny venting -- exasperated joking -- is an enormously effective stress reduction tactic. The key point really I guess is that you have to have gone looking for the laugh before you let it out; that is likely the therapeutic value. "HELLO POLLLLLLYYYYY!"