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[Mark Kohut]

Pointing to catharsis is a very interesting nuance....when I was
reminded of catharsis, it occurred that that was/is not really part of
behaviorist rationalization......the catharsis here is in the "letting go"

it comes out of drama criticism but is part of the Freudian tradition:
Therapeutic uses[edit
<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catharsis&action=edit&section=7>
]

In psychology <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology>, the term was
first employed by Sigmund Freud
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud>'s colleague Josef Breuer
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Breuer> (1842–1925), who developed a
"cathartic" treatment using hypnosis
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnosis> for persons suffering from
extensive hysteria <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteria>. While under
hypnosis, Breuer's patients were able to recall traumatic
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_trauma> experiences, and
through the process of expressing the original emotions that had been
repressed and forgotten, they were relieved of their hysteric symptoms.
Catharsis was also central to Freud's concept of psychoanalysis
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoanalysis>, but he replaced hypnosis
with free association
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_association_(psychology)>.[16]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharsis#cite_note-16>

The term *catharsis <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathexis>* has also been
adopted by modern psychotherapy
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychotherapy>, particularly Freudian
psychoanalysis, to describe the act of expressing, or more accurately,
*experiencing* the deep emotions often associated with events in the
individual's past which had originally been repressed or ignored, and had
never been adequately addressed or experienced.

There has been much debate about the use of catharsis in the reduction of
anger. Some scholars believe that "blowing off steam" may reduce
physiological stress in the short term, but this reduction may act as a
reward mechanism, reinforcing the behavior and promoting future outbursts.
[17] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharsis#cite_note-Bushman1999-17>[18]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharsis#cite_note-Gannon2007-18>[19]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharsis#cite_note-Baron2004-19>[20]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharsis#cite_note-Denzler2009-20> However,
other studies have suggested that using violent media may decrease
hostility under periods of stress.[21]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharsis#cite_note-Ferguson_.26_Rueda.2C_2010-21>
Legal
scholars have linked "catharsis" to "closure"[22]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharsis#cite_note-22> (an individual's
desire for a firm answer to a question and an aversion toward ambiguity)
and "satisfaction" which can be applied to affective strategies as diverse
as retribution, on one hand, and forgiveness on the other.[23]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharsis#cite_note-23> Interestingly,
there's no "one size fits all" definition of "catharsis", therefore this
does not allow a clear definition of its use in therapeutic terms.[24]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharsis#cite_note-24>


On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry, Laura. In re-reading this post, I see you already brought up the
> idea of the children as a fantasy...
> again, there is a mention of bringing about a catharsis. It doesn't seem
> that would be brought about by using morphine or other painkillers.
>
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> > On May 6, 2016, at 8:54 AM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
> >
> > Not Slothrop, Spectro. What Laura is saying makes sense of the odd
> collection of inner thoughts of patients that fill much of the chapter.  I
> thought that because Spectro seemed to think his injections dealt with
> pain, that they were morphine or a  similar pain killer. Maybe I am wrong
> or maybe they are both truth serum and sedation/analgesic.
> >> On May 6, 2016, at 12:09 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Wasn't that phrase a measure of a prospective typist's skills in a
> timed test?
> >>
> >> You say Slothrup is experimenting on humans? Please quote that. I don't
> think that is true.
> >>
> >> David Morris
> >>
> >> On Thursday, May 5, 2016, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com>
> wrote:
> >> No one responded to my earlier comment about Spectro and his Fox being
> a set up for "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." Why is the dog
> lazy? Because it takes years of testing, conditioning, measuring, etc.
> before it gives out any information. Spector's human fox is quick because
> it just takes one shot of the truth serum Pointsman is hankering to use on
> Slothrop, and it (he/she) blabs big time.
> >>
> >> Spectro seems to be experimenting on traumatized soldiers and civilians
> ( I think the kids mentioned are just part of Pointsman's fantasy). He
> injects them with serum so they can revisit and talk about their trauma.
> But is it serum therapy for the traumatized or testing the ability of the
> serum to get people to talk?
> >>
> >> Laura
> >>
> >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID
> >>
> >>
> >> Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
> >>
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