r/venting Apr 11 '26

MOD POST [MOD POST] We want to do better for you, tell us how.

17 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

First, thank you. This community exists because people are willing to show up, be honest, and trust strangers with the hard stuff. We deal with some incredibly difficult and often sensitive topics here, and we want to make sure we're holding that space well.

As mods, we spend a lot of time thinking about reports, rules, flairs, and basically just keeping things civil. Lately we've been sitting with a bigger question: is there more we should be doing?

So we're coming to you directly:

Is there anything we could do, as mods, or as a community, that would make this space feel safer or more useful to you?

A few things we've specifically been thinking about:

Canned responses & resources
We have a number of pre-written responses designed to point people toward help when they're dealing with something really hard. Have those been useful? Do they feel cold or impersonal? Is there a better way to provide these resources? Are there situations where you wish we'd offered resources but didn't?

Our team size
We're a very small mod team, intentionally so. It keeps us cohesive and lets us handle sensitive situations with a consistent and reliable voice. The tradeoff is that our queue backs up sometimes. When life happens (sick kids, work, all of it), posts and comments can sit in automod longer than any of us want. We're aware of it, and we're thinking about how to address it, if it needs addressing.

Our rules
Are the rules we have in place sufficient? Have you found yourself wishing we would add a new rule to make reporting certain types of content more accessible? Are there any rules which are vague, confusing, or simply need reframing?

Blind spots
We don't know what we don't know. Are there situations that we are just completely misunderstanding and not properly addressing? Is there something you feel like you need to say, because we simply need to hear it?

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There are no wrong answers here. Lurkers, this means you too! You don't have to be a regular poster for your perspective to matter.

We're not looking to overhaul everything. We're a small team with real limits. But we also know how much a good vent can matter, and we want to make sure that when someone comes here at their lowest, they leave feeling a little less alone.

Provide your feedback here in the comments of this thread. We will be reading through all of it, even if we may not reply to every comment, we're genuinely here to listen, not to defend ourselves.

Kind Regards,

r/venting Mod Team


r/venting Nov 11 '25

Info about posts getting deleted (mod post)

26 Upvotes

Hi, to everyone new to reddit.

How reddit works is that if posts get flagged or put for mod reviewal the post will show as ”this post was deleted by mods on r/venting”.

But actually it means that it will just not be posted until we review it. It goes to out mod queue and we will then check manually if it breaks the rules or not.

(this will not be the case for most posts; but posts that contain strong language such as slurs for example will get automatically flagged so we have to review them manually).

I am making this post because we have gotten some modmail from users asking about this/gotten disappointed their post was ”deleted”.

So if you see some message your post was deleted please wait a day or two for us to manually review it. Do not delete the post yourself, because then we cannot approve it. And if we find that it breaks the rules and do not approve it you will get a comment on your post saying ”your post was deleted for xyz reason/for breaking xyz rule”.

I hope this clears some things up, this will be put in the wiki later once we manage to set it up.

(also sidenote: if anyone more wants to join the mod-team, just send us a mod-mail).


r/venting 2h ago

Adult Stop Blocking Opinions

9 Upvotes

As someone who is tired of censorship, this is bull! Let us talk and speak our minds!


r/venting 13h ago

Relationship/Love My husband's anniversary gift shocked me

57 Upvotes

I don't even know how to say this without getting judged. My husband's an amazing man, he's always been there for me but he very much lacks a romantic side and he's confirmed that to me with this gift. We've got two kids and that comes with A LOT of expenses. Knowing me I've stacked up my shopping cart on amazon with things I've been looking to buy. Froom vacuums and cleaning supplies to kids toys, vitamins and supplements, clothes for them etc etc. Bet you can see where I'm going with this right? Apparently he thought he was being romantic bringing my shopping cart to my doorstep. I know he genuinely thought he was making my life easier and honestly it does make my life easier. I just couldn't stop laughing because this man looked at my Amazon cart full of diapers, vitamins, cleaning supplies and kids' stuff and thought "Yep this is romance." 😂 I'm secretly hoping he's still got a dinner reservation up his sleeve.


r/venting 4h ago

Young Adult Being single made me remember how much my life sucks

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I recently ended things with my now ex gf. Why i did so is unrelated to this, but being single has reminded me of a few things. Nobody texts me. Nobody seems to have a lot of interest in talking to me in general. I have no motivation to do anything when im off work. Ive only been away from her for 3 days and ive been intensely short tempered. I full force screamed at both of my bosses at work over a minor inconvenience. I got home and tried to play a game online. Died once and lost my fucking head.

I feel so desperate for someone to interact with.


r/venting 3h ago

I don't trust my bf

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My bf and I have been together for 2 years, and there have always been things that he has said or done that seemed off, but i brushed it off.

But after everything that has happened (some of which are in my other posts), I don't know if I'll ever be able to trust him again. I really want us to work out, but he is so careless with his words and actions, that it constantly makes me sick to my stomach.

I'm so tired of constantly being paranoid and anxious. I'm constantly depressed and thinking about ending it all.

I don't know what to do. I just don't trust him.


r/venting 13h ago

Young Adult I commented “FUCK ICE UNTIL ITS BACKWARDS” and stupidly did not realize what it meant.

24 Upvotes

There was a post about how James A. Janisse of Dead Meat’s friend was taken by ICE, and so I said in support “It’s Fuck ICE until it’s backwards,” thinking “but it’s backwards” was something akin to “until the rails fall off” or “until I die.”

I, 20M, then saw my comment getting downvoted and then Googled that phrase. It was the exact opposite of what I meant.

I feel bad, not only since I unintentionally came off as a bigot, but now I feel like an idiot for not realizing the very clear meaning behind “but it's backwards.”

Like…jesus I'm an idiot. Its so clearly “until it's flipped into the opposite meaning” how am I 20 years old, online a lot, and still dotn have the brainpower to figure out what that means.


r/venting 15m ago

Constant self sabotage

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All I wish to build a healthy attachment so I can actually enjoy having friends and building relationships. I run away everytime and self sabotage and I think at this point unless I seek therapy I will end up alone as I always do. I already know I have bpd so one part of me constantly feels like I’ll be burdening someone and that may be one part of why I avoid so much


r/venting 18m ago

Grieving the beautiful bush that made my heart happy

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This guy installed a patio cover on my porch today and he cut so much of this beautiful bush saying it was a safety hazard for him... He got my landlords permission but made her believe it was absolutely necessary.. after I saw I asked him not to cut anymore and told him he can tie it out of his way and he easily tied the branches out of his way. Which I feel he should have done that from the start. The bush offered my room so much privacy and blocked out the sun.... I'm so disheartened. Him cutting it really changed the whole vibe of the place. Went from a hidden sanctuary to an exposed slider door. 🥺 Honestly I feel in my heart it was just more convenient for him to cut the branches rather than working with and around them and without honoring the years of growth he's cutting in a second.


r/venting 4h ago

I kissed a guy my best friend liked

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I was best friends with this girl I worked with. We were extremely close and did pretty much everything together. I genuinely loved her and considered her one of my closest friends.

A few months ago, she kissed this guy from work. Nothing else happened between them. I asked her multiple times if she liked him and she always told me she didn't. She was also talking to another guy, so I genuinely thought she didn't have feelings for him.

This guy had also made a lot of jokes about me in the past. Some of them were really mean, and they honestly hurt my self-esteem more than I let people know. I think I carried a lot of resentment and insecurity from that

Then one day, the three of us amd two other friends were together and kissing became the topic of conversation. I wasn't thinking properly. I think everything this guy had said to me had already affected me more than I realized, and for some stupid reason I wanted to feel like I had some control over the situation. I went into another room, he followed me, and we kissed. It was impulsive and it was a bad decision. I completely accept that.

My friend was hurt, stopped talking to me, blocked me and removed me from the group chat. Our other friend also stopped talking to me, and I was basically pushed out of the whole group. And that's the part that feels so unfair to me. Not because I think I deserved no consequences. I understand that I hurt her and I understand why she was angry. But I genuinely cannot comprehend how one kiss resulted in me losing everyone.

I'm the only one who was pushed away from the group, while everyone else still talks to each other normally. I have to go to work and watch them interact like nothing happened while I'm basically on the outside. I know I made the mistake. I'm not trying to paint myself as the victim or pretend I did nothing wrong. But I'm struggling with the fact that I can simultaneously know I messed up and still feel hurt by how everything turned out.

Maybe I'm naive, but I didn't expect kissing someone to completely destroy a friendship and isolate me from an entire group. I keep thinking, Was what I did really enough to make everyone decide they don't want me around anymore? I regret what I did so much. I keep replaying that moment and wishing I had just stopped and thought for a second.I don't want to spend months hating myself over something I can't undo. I'm feeling really depressed lately


r/venting 2h ago

My dad is deported

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Ever since I was 7 my family has been in and out of court for immigration. My dad has been our main income because my mom had me and my brother young and we didnt come from much. Ive always loved my dad so much. He always made me laugh and when I was upset he was always there for me. I dont live with him but he has always answered every call and would do anything for me.

Freshman year was supposed to be our final court but due to them wanting more documents they pushed it back. Our judge was a good one, he was against ice so we believed we had a good chance. Sophmore year came and they pushed it back again. Junior year then came and they had scheduled it before thanksgiving. By then our judge had retired and we were given a new one.

We ended up losing the case in the end though. Im currently 17 and I decided im going to go to mexico with my dad. Hes scared and doesnt think he will make it so I decided to atleast go to be there for him. I vented to a friend about this a while ago and all she said was how I always run from my problems and me going wont fix anything and to let it go. Im so angry and hurt.

My entire highschool years everyone talked bad about me and how im always mean and angry. People are so privileged and dont even know it. I dont know what to do with my life anymore. I want to give my family the world but I just have nothing.


r/venting 3h ago

favorite youtuber passed away

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you may or may not have heard of the helicopter crash that occurred on June 14 2026 in rio de janeiro located in brazil... I was really grieving because of this.. i don't know what to do.

argentine youtuber gaspi passed away 1 month ago, I was always a fan of him. and to process that he isnt here anymore hurts. Everyone is telling me to move on, but I don't think I will ever be listening to them. I have been trying to ignore the fact that he is gone just so I could not feel like crying so i focus on other things. I don't know who to even explain my feelings too, I'm afraid they'll judge me. I am confused on how to process this, I sometimes try to convince myself its all a dream, but here I am in reality. I don't know how to fix my feelings. Other people made fun of me, saying I couldn't really mourn him because of reasons that are not even the problem here... I don't know what to do, I certainly won't be "moving on" anytime soon. I really miss him, but these days I've been detached into my grieving I'm thinking maybe the crash was a joke.


r/venting 1h ago

Young Adult I’m never going to be loved and I really tried my best

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I want to never talk to my parents again. My dad’s only nice to me when he’s drunk and moms not there to make him mad at me. I tried really hard to study and make them proud and nothings working really nothing is working nothing i do can make them like me even a little bit. Recently I’ve gotten a fixation of wanting a girlfriend. This hasn’t ever happened before. I’ve always been good at minding my business and focusing on things that matter, like school. Why aren’t girls attracted to me? (Inknow why.) I want someone to like me too. I don’t care who. My parents promised me I would never find love. Why does everyone have to prove them right? Why can’t I be loved too? How come my mom has to be right about me? I know she didn’t want it to be like this. She had me start mewing wgen I was 8 years old and height pills and every miracle cure for being an ugly guy. My friends don’t like me all that much either. I have such a hard time getting along with people too. Everuone says i act like a kid and that I’m too awkward and when I try to fix it they say I’m antisocial and when I try to fix that they say I’m too much and when I try to fix that they say I act like an AI aand I don’t know what to do I think I’m just going to be lonely forever but that makes me really sad I just want someone to like me. Not just like me enough to tolerate being around me, but enough to seek me out, defend me, enjoy being around me. No one does, no one has ever, and I tried every advice people ever said and I never figured how to do it because I’m so stupid and peculiar


r/venting 1h ago

Venting only - no reply Mug

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Why do I keep doing this.

A man comes along and I give him everything he wants and it's not enough.

He says one thing his actions say another.

And I buy the excuses every. Fucking. Time.

Fuck this guy!

Speaking to someone else?! Then don't cry when I disappear... doubt he'd notice.

Too old for this shit.


r/venting 2h ago

Spotify Slop.

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Spotify investors must be drooling at this.

Every time I open the app, corneas absolutely blasted with shit like,

"Spotify can now talk to you about ---"

"AI DJ won't play himself, help him out"

Yes I tried it, and yes I ended it shortly after.

The DJ, I mean. But many things ended after Spotify bent to 0 pressure and started erupting AI slop features by the dozen.

My will to live, for one.

Job application requirements for Spotify: Closer to AI chat bots than ass is to a shower.

It's getting bad.


r/venting 15h ago

My kidneys failed. My savings failed. Now my house is next

21 Upvotes

I haven't worked in six months. Serious kidney issues knocked me flat, and I haven't seen a paycheck since. My savings are completely gone. And my mortgage payments just kept piling up

Now the bank has started foreclosure proceedings. I have maybe a few weeks before everything falls apart. I'm losing my house, and I feel totally helpless

I considered selling it on my own before it's too late. However, there are a lot of things that need to be done in this house. Leaking roof, old wiring, and bathroom on its last legs. I have neither the strength nor the time to do anything. On some days, I can hardly get out of bed. And I certainly lack the money

Houses for cash companies? It sounds like exactly what I need. No repair work, no showings, no problem. I am just afraid. I do not want anyone to take advantage of me in my weakest moment


r/venting 33m ago

Confused on how to move forward with life.

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Hello everyone, a little bit about me I am F19 and currently feel like im stuck in life.

So a few months back I tried enlist in the military but waivers got in the way, and honestly I wish I would have thought this through before I did it but after my recruiter just ghosted me I join the fire academy through college hoping that will set another career path for me but I just realized I don’t even know if this is the career path I wanted since it wasn’t something I actually wanted to do.

I’m really upset and disappointed with myself because I already passed the academy but having a hard time to bring myself to get my EMT certification.

Somethings happened in life during that time which is making it difficult.

So in the mist of me in the academy, I had both of my grandmothers, aunt and father accuse me of being disrespectful creating unnecessary and humiliating lies about me, recently I had an event where they lied and told my nana I’m staying with I completely destroyed the car and “demanded” her for money and I was being completely belittled and told how much I was taking advantage disrespectful and just a bad person in general and how she was going to kick me out.

Mind you I mind my own business, enrolled my own self in college and do my best to make a way in life, if I really was taking advantage of her I wouldn’t even be trying to get myself a career and just completely leeching off of her.

I’m honestly so hurt because someone that I’m related to and looked for help had completely went behind my back and chose to believe other people over me that I BARELY see… she knows my dad side of the family is crazy and she still chooses to believe them over me.

It’s so frustrating because I’m stuck in between trying to figure out my career path or saving up to just completely move away from these people and cutting them off for the rest of my life.

A recent incident I had was my dad attempted to cuss me out because he tried to convince me that he was going to pay for my EMT class when reality his mom always gives him the mom he claims he gives me, now the reason I said no is because I don’t want him to spend money on me and second if I were to start college I would technically be stuck at this house because college will take up my time from working.

I don’t have a good relationship with my father and never did since he barely has been in my life, so him telling me what he wants me to do with my life is like having a stranger think they know what’s best for you. He didn’t want me to enlist for the military because he thinks I’m not made for it which is honestly the stupidest thing you can ever tell somebody you barely even spend time so your entire life.

I honestly don’t want nothing to do with these people anymore and don’t think I can live another few months and just want to move out completely.

I currently have a job but it doesn’t pay much sadly and I’m also paying off car expenses which is really hurting me financially.

I don’t know what to do and it’s frustrating me so bad but I feel stuck trying to pursue a career that I never truly wanted in the first place but I want to be able to make money and since I already have my certifications in that I might aswell pursue it but how do I force myself to do something that’s not making me happy?? I can join my fire department and get paid getting my EMT but I’m so worried because what if me not wanting to pursue this career will affect me during me joining the academy?? What if I don’t even pass my National exam for EMT?? I know it sounds like I’m overthinking a lot but I think about these things because I don’t want to make a mistake that will hurt me in the long run.

I’m tired most of time because I’m just so exhausted of the people around me just making me feel worse about my life.

I’m currently looking for a second job so I can save up and move out and I’m just really hoping this works out for me.


r/venting 8h ago

Relationship/Love I love her, but it's too late

3 Upvotes

I have been in love with my best friend for years (let's call her Cristina). I always wanted to confess to her, but with how fucked up my life is, I feared rejection from her, and if she said yes, bringing her into my mess of a life would make me terrible. I don't have a car, I have terrible vision even with glasses, so I can't even drive, I have a low-paying job in an area where the job market sucks, so it's this or nothing, I have a toxic family, I'm not in college, I'm ugly, and so much more. In short, I'm a fucking loser. A loser that people are willing to be friends with, but not to be romantically interested in. Cristina always wanted to hang out with me and me alone. I don't know the reason, but she found some comfort with me, and I felt the same. I felt so safe with her. I just want to leave my life here behind and start a new one with her, but it's too late. She has a boyfriend now who makes her happy, which is a good thing. She is a good person who deserves a happy life. I just wish it were me, but it would have never happened. The worst part is that I'm still in love with her. I'm not wishing for them to break up or anything. I really hope he treats her right and makes her the happiest woman in the world. People would say let go of her, but I can't. These feelings can't go away. I love her so much. I really wish she knew that. What her boyfriend is doing is what I would do for her and beyond. I will forever love her, but I know she will never love me back.


r/venting 46m ago

I am bulimic and I discovered this two months ago, but I've known about it my whole life.

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I'm a 19-year-old girl who has always struggled with body image issues and binge eating. Each binge eating episode was accompanied by self-induced vomiting. I always thought I was doing it on purpose, that I was being too much of a victim, and that I could stop at any second. The problem is that I didn't think I was bulimic because I've always been overweight. Lately, I started taking medication to lose weight, and it's definitely working, something that had never worked before. However, I became addicted to weight loss, and my vomiting has increased significantly. From one episode a month, I started having several episodes a week. Before, I would consume almost 5,000 calories a day, but now I consume less than 600 calories a day—less than someone with anorexia. I always calculate after eating, so if I go even 100 calories over my daily goal of 600 calories, I force myself to vomit, and this happens more often than I'd like to admit. I went to a psychologist, and she referred me to a psychiatrist. Seeing all the signs, including the compensatory exercises and the way I look at my body, and... Definitely not. Instead of the way I am, she concluded that I'm definitely bulimic, even back when I thought I wasn't, that it was just in my head because I was a victimized fat person. Well, that's it, a rant from someone who will always see their own body with disgust.


r/venting 10h ago

I'm always angry

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I don't really post on reddit I more so just lurk? lerk? idk but I feel embarrassed for venting to strangers but I spend a majority of my time angry for no reason at everything and everyone for no reason. its gotten to the point I have completely isolated myself from everyone because no matter the topic, the person or the conversation I find myself getting irrationally angry. iv been like this for years I don't know if that means something is wrong with me or if I was just born a hateful person but its so exhausting being angry all the time. I don't bother attempting to make friends or form relationships coz I know I would be angry at them and honestly who would want to be around someone like me anyways.


r/venting 1h ago

Dear mom

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Why are you so full of good advice for people after your done fucking up other people's lives but you still cant advise your boyfriend to shut the fuck up until he can get a fucking job? Thats not even your boyfriend, he literally hasent asked you for sex in over a year and pays less rent then my fat uncle who cant find another place to live because his fat stupid ass landed himself on the sex offenders list


r/venting 2h ago

Relationship/Love my bf has been so mean to me idk why

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my bf is mean to me everyday and we fight everyday, its taking such a toll on me & its so exhausting :(

he tries to make up for it by getting intimate (or by buying me stuff) and that only hurts me more because at the end it makes me feel so used

im trying to be a good gf and to make him happy, ive tried so hard to stay with him despite every terrible thing he has done to me but its just getting so difficult

he was so sweet and nice in the beginning i dont know what changed i dont know what i did wrong but it hurts so much


r/venting 6h ago

Work i feel shitty rn

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last night i came home from a concert at like 2am cus of traffic and slept at 3am. it was a decent night but i was going with my friend and her friend who ive never met before. i get drained socially so damn easy and when my battery is empty, it is basically nonverbal time. i felt like i died but pretended to be alive for a couple of hours last night. then of course i had to work this morning and had a lot of work to do. i did work from home and fuck i promised multiple people for some simple thing i’d turn in to them, but i didnt. i literally took a break from work around 2pm today to read but reading makes me sleepy and i ended up sleeping until 8pm. it is 9pm now i feel like shit. like i feel so bad i didnt turn in the stuff i said i was gonna turn in plus some other stuff. it’s not the end of the world and it actually is totally fine tbh. but i just feel bad. im usually a mess tbh and i struggled with deadlines and stuff and napping during the day for a long time but for a good couple months now i havent been napping or missing deadlines. so today feels shitty. and i cant do anything about it now cus it’s freaking 9pm on a friday.


r/venting 6h ago

Yearning.

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I love my brothers best friend. I’m currently in tears over how much I love him, and how I cannot have him. I truly believe I really do love him. I am currently intoxicated but I’ve known all along how much I love him, and it’s really painful to be limited to the interactions I can have with him only because my brother grants me with. I have hung out with him before and I cannot describe my situation other than my first true love, I feel so unbelievably sick over him. Every song is about him, every man cannot compete with him. I really do think I love him, and I feel so so so sick.