abreactive

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

[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 [ab″re-ak´shun]

the expression of emotions associated with repressed material, usually of an anxiety-provoking or conflictual nature, which is brought into a person's awareness and relived. See also catharsis.

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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Little Death
self-hypnosis

Abreactive Play Behaviors Abreactive play behaviors are reenactments of the trauma repeated again and again, and they may literally represent the abuse that occurred (Ater, 2001).

Traumatic symptoms in sexually abused children: implications for ... by Brown, Sarah D.; Brack, Greg; Mullis, Frances Y. / Professional School Counseling

Simplistic abreactive models of treatment have given way to more complex paradigms that include greater emphasis on psychodynamic issues as they manifest in the patient's present psychosocial functioning (Kluft, 1999).

Critical issues in the dissociative disorders field: six perspectives ... by Rosik, Christopher H. / Journal of Psychology and Theology

Under the ataractic hood Beyond the reach of abreactive drug Untouched by regulators of the mood Lies the solution pending resolution.

Poetic reflections of a psychiatrist by Raymond, Michael / Contemporary Review

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