I Am a Good Listener

I sometimes sit through hours-long rants because I get that sometimes a person just needs to talk. I won't always stay up all night to listen but I have and I would again. I worry. I know how dark the mind can get when you don't express what's there and let it out. You have to drain the poison sometimes, and then you can think clearly for a little while. It's not necessarily gone or healed, but it's a little relief of pressure, I think.
I don't always agree with what the person is saying, but they need to say it, and at times I just have to let them. When I'm blamed or my efforts are overlooked, it hurts. Gotta let the person talk though.
I remember when I felt like I couldn't express myself and I was always kept quiet. I hated that more.