Question 04
Is venting anger healthy?
Controlled experiments and a meta-analysis of 154 studies found that arousal-raising activities do not reduce anger, while activities that lower arousal do. What that evidence covers and what it leaves open.
Question 02
Is catharsis the same as venting?
Catharsis names a felt release after expression; venting names a behaviour, expressing anger at a target in the expectation that this reduces it. Why evidence about one does not settle the other.