teach me how to be a good person to vent to

[saphirecrown1]

so i dont handle other's emotions well, usually i laugh nervously and say "uhhhh that sucks" when someone trys venting to me, can you guys teach me how to emote properly? with examples?

[Angie.dfwy]

@saphirecrown1 Just be you, do not let other people says something bout you

[Sup3rSwaggyy1983]

I lowk kinda struggle with this too, I'm terrible at comforting people.

[saphirecrown1]

@Angie.dfwy no thats thats the problem i need to do it better

[st4tic]

(Basically coming from a professional vent listener and advice giver-) When the person you're speaking to finishes venting, I advise you to first reflect about what the person is venting about in the first place, then try thinking if that situation ever happened to you! If so, then tell them you've been through it before, explain about your experience with it, and so on. If you didn't go through what they're venting about just stop and think about what you'd do if you were in their place and just ways to overcome the situation ^^

[saphirecrown1]

@st4tic tsym this is really helpful, im going to be such a good listener :D

[st4tic]

@saphirecrown1 hehe yw i'm glad to have helped!! >:3

[Faust]

@saphirecrown1 you really dont have to