emotional release
Letting it out
Emotional release is the discharge of pent-up feelings—grief, anger, tension, frustration.
The term implies emotions building pressure that needs an outlet: She had a good cry and felt better afterward.
Crying, screaming, punching a pillow, or intense exercise can provide emotional release.
Therapy often aims to facilitate it.
The concept assumes that unexpressed emotions accumulate and that expressing them brings relief.
- ventingReleasing emotion verbally
- cryingEmotional tear release
- good cryEmotionally healing weeping session
- ugly cryIntense, unflattering sobbing
- screamingLoud, shrill vocalizing
primal scream · catharsis · psychodrama · stress relief · journaling · laughing · vulnerability · heart to heart · primal · rage room · howling · abreaction · singing · trauma · self-expression · deep breathing · hugging · dancing
- emotional releasecry, venting, crying, sob, sobbing
- meditationbreathing meditation, breath, breath meditation, mantra, breathing
- self-expressionstyle, self-expression, fashion, self-portrait, clothing
- coping skillscoping skills, coping strategies, coping mechanisms, self-control, impulse control
- dance therapycreative movement, body awareness, rhythmic movement, free dance
- Psyche Artoutsider art, subconscious, unconscious, introspection, inner world
emotional releasesuppression
Forcible prevention or concealment
repression · emotional repression · bottling up · internalizing · stifling
emotional releaseemotional control
Managing inner reactions
self-restraint · composure · stoicism · keeping one's cool · emotional regulation