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Catharsis is from the Ancient Greek word κάθαρσις, katharsis, meaning "purification" or "cleansing", commonly used to refer to the purification and purgation of thoughts and emotions by way of expressing them. The desired result is an emotional state of renewal and restoration.
Over time, psychiatrists abandoned hypnosis and the cathartic cure and adopted the therapeutic approach as the accepted practice. [2] The therapeutic approach emphasized the expression of emotion, as a by-product of the goal to make the unconscious conscious. [2] rather than as the main event.
Josef Breuer (/ ˈ b r ɔɪ ər / BROY-ur; Austrian German:; 15 January 1842 – 20 June 1925) was an Austrian physician who made discoveries in neurophysiology, and whose work during the 1880s with his patient Bertha Pappenheim, known as Anna O., led to the development of the "cathartic method" (also referred to as the "talking cure") for psychiatric disorders.
If your drunk tears feel bad instead of cathartic, ... You can also join free online communities on social media hosted by therapists to get access to therapeutic information that might be helpful.
That makes sense to media psychologist Pam Rutledge, who tells Yahoo Life that this form of expression can serve as a catharsis — while also keeping the memory of their loved one alive.
In medicine, a cathartic is a substance that accelerates defecation. This is similar to a laxative, which is a substance that eases defecation, usually by softening feces. [1] It is possible for a substance to be both a laxative and a cathartic. However, agents such as psyllium seed husks increase the bulk of the feces. [2] [3]
A therapy or medical treatment is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a medical diagnosis.Both words, treatment and therapy, are often abbreviated tx, Tx, or T x.
Natalia says she is slowly learning how to confront her ongoing mental health issues, including finding strength in cathartic music by other artists who have faced their own struggles.