Question 01
What is catharsis?
Catharsis is the felt release of emotional tension after expression, exertion or immersion. Where the word came from, what it meant in Aristotle and in Breuer and Freud's clinic, and what this site means by it.
Question 02
Is catharsis the same as venting?
Catharsis names a felt release after expression; venting names a behaviour, expressing anger at a target in the expectation that this reduces it. Why evidence about one does not settle the other.