I struggle a lot with anger issues, my therapist and other doctors gave me coping mechanisms for it and out of each of them, only one works every single time.
The others work in specific situations. One works every time.
Writing out my anger into some sort of fictional situations (such as any sort of arguing or even a physical fight.) as a way to release how I am feeling into words I can articulate more than just, trying to sit and explain it.
Putting my own emotional responses into my writing and my characters, or takes on existing media characters, helps me understand them and explain them. As well as helps me figure out how to cope with them, by writing the characters I project aspects of myself onto coping with them.
I use this coping mechanism with my experiences and emotions all the time, for most of my struggles if not all of them. And it works very well.
I never want to hear anyone trying to invalidate vent writing, it is an insanely helpful tool for a large group of people.
However, I don't think there should be as much of it in the public as there is. Most vent writing communities have been taken over and swarmed by gross and disgusting people using it for very wrong and fucked up things.
I don't judge coping mechanisms, but fuck do I judge the hell out of people who take advantage of hurt people expressing their pain, for some kind of sick pleasure or enjoyment.
Also, I don't think venting communities are the healthiest choice for most of the people in them.
I do think that creating vent art, such as photo edits, writing, drawings and things like that - is a healthy outlet for some people, and it deserves more respect than it gets. Just, when done in your own safe and private spaces, a password protected side blog if you use Tumblr that only a small select few trusted people have access to is a good choice. I also have accounts on other websites kept only in my friend group, random people get blocked, to post my own writing.
Idk. This is just me rambling about some things I have strong feelings on.