abreaction /ab·re·ac·tion/ (ab″re-ak´shun) the reliving of an experience in such a way that previously repressed emotions associated with it are released.
abreaction
abreaction (aˑ·brē·akˈ·sh
n),
abreaction
abreaction
[ab′rē·ak′shən]
Etymology: L, ab, from, re, again, agere, to act
an emotional release resulting from mentally reliving or bringing into consciousness, through the process of catharsis, a long-repressed, painful experience. See also catharsis. abreact, v.
abreaction (aˑ·brē·akˈ·sh
n),n the remembrance and release of emotions relating to a repressed experience or trauma that can occur on its own or be induced artificially, as through hypnosis. See also catharsis.
abreaction
Psychiatry Emotional release or discharge associated with remembering and resolving repressed mental trauma experienced and repressed in childhood. See False memory.
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