Quotes About Catharsis

Let me say from conviction that tears are the outlet of the heart.

Simos said, "Grief work must be shared. In sharing, however, there must be no impatience, censure or boredom with the repetition, because repetition is necessary for catharsis and internalization and eventual unconscious acceptance of the reality of the loss. The bereaved are sensitive to the feelings of others and will not only refrain from revealing feelings to those they consider unequal to the burden of sharing the grief but may even try to comfort the helpers." (97)

These rocks are a release for my pent-up emotions. When I feel all tied up inside, I just stand here and throw rocks into that vacant lot!" "Hello, Charlie Brown, you blockhead!" "Sometimes I think I'm kind of a vacant lot myself...

I like to walk in rain, so that nobody can see my tears.

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.

But I MUST say what I feel and think in some way — it is such a relief! But the effort is getting to be greater than the relief.

Taylor's tendency to vent

You go on by finding a channel for your love and another for your rage.

I'd thought I'd weep tears of cathartic sorrow and restorative joy each day of my journey.

When I have something to say that's particularly hard to say, I often write it down first.

She'd kept the secret sealed so tightly inside her for so long it could not be extracted without altering who she was, she realized now. The secret was not separate from her. In the telling of it, she'd come undone.

I know, these Hindi movies are crap, but they do kind of take your mind away from the crap of real life like nothing else.

Naquele dia entrei em sua casa com o propósito de acertar as contas e dar por encerrado aquele curso de merda. Mas antes de partir faria um pronunciamento em língua portuguesa, num português brasileiro e muito chulo, com palavras oxítonas terminadas em ão, e com nomes de árvores indígenas e pratos africanos que a apavorassem, uma linguagem que reduzisse seu húngaro a zero.

There ought to be a room in every house to swear in. It's dangerous to have to repress an emotion like that.

I drink wine because I don't like to keep things bottled up.

What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.

If someone breaks your heart just punch them in the face. Seriously. Punch them in the face and go get some ice cream.

If anyone ever tells you that violence won't make you feel better, they're lying.

When I thought about it, though, what I liked best about the session was that Helder said fuck. A good, hard word, a word with a life of its own, a fearless word. A rent in the dry elegance. Fuck.

She knew that what came out of kids was often terrifying, but its coming out, rather than staying inside, was the happy ending.

That's what tears are for, you know, to wash away the fear and cool the hate.

So unless you have been very, very lucky, you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit. So

The dam of my eyes broke, and tears flooded the land.

There is nothing like lying down to bawl and choke, and then rolling over so the tears can drip out of your ears and settling in for a long sleep.