// Glossary
Catharsis
6 topics
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About the Feeling of Being Saved by Music
A concept from Aristotle: the process of safely discharging and purifying emotions such as fear and sorrow through tragedy or music, restoring mental balance.
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Are 'Landmines' and 'Being Struck' Two Sides of the Same Sensitivity?
The experience of safely releasing suppressed emotions through fiction and obtaining mental purification. One of the psychological effects of 'being struck.'
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Why Can the Pain in Fiction Sometimes Feel Good?
The experience of safely releasing suppressed emotions through fiction and obtaining mental purification and peace. The psychological mechanism by which stories involving pain feel comforting.
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Why Do We Seek 'Pain' in Creation?
The effect of releasing suppressed emotions through stories accompanied by pain and obtaining spiritual purification.
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Do We Overlay Reality onto Fictional Relationships?
The effect of indirectly releasing suppressed emotions through fiction and obtaining spiritual purification.
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Why Does Apocalyptic Imagination Captivate Us?
The psychological process of purifying and releasing emotions by safely experiencing fear and pity; the core of apocalyptic imagination's appeal.