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Catharsis: Freud vs. North America
- Freud's catharsis doesn't mean venting, but connecting emotions and thoughts.
- Simply venting emotions doesn't improve health.
Objective Analysis of Trauma Narratives
- Use objective markers in analyzing written trauma narratives.
- Reading such narratives can be too subjective, emotionally taxing, and unreliable.
Predicting Health Improvement from Writing
- Using positive emotion words while writing about trauma predicts health improvement.
- Cognitive words (because, cause, effect) show an even stronger link to improvement.