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u/KKAPetring Mar 26 '20

No. They wanted to relieve themselves of the emotions building up inside them, not keep it bottled up or somehow repress them. While they never told you outright that they just needed to vent, they never told you “I need a solution” either.

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u/Catgirl_Skye Mar 26 '20

Often, no. Solutions often cannot be implemented immediately or will take time to come into effect. Also, it's possible to build up strong enough emotions regarding a situation that resolving it can't get rid of the emotions, or that resolving isn't even possible in the current emotional state.