How?

How is it that when you get to yell and rant about something, when you are done, you feel cleansed? I don't get this phenomenon and I'm not sure I ever will. I got to talk to someone tonight about how badly they hurt me, I got to ask why, I got to say that what they did was not a nice thing to do to someone that they said they loved, I got release. I'm not completely free from the regret and pain of past stupid decisions concerning that person yet, but having done that tonight really put me closer. The amazing part is the person took it, the person knew how he'd screwed up and took the questions, answered most of them, and apologized. Even went so far as to tell me that I was right. Wow. I was just not expecting this tonight. At all.
Miss E