Saturday, January 12, 2008

Word of the Day #5

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(5) catharsis - a purification or purgation that brings about spiritual renewal or release from tension; elimination of a complex by bringing it to consciousness and affording it expression
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My catharsis is walking. When I go out and walk, I can breathe in deeper and getting fresh air, I relax into a zen-like state. That is why many times I don't hear anyone who beeps at me as they drive past.
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Other cathartics are for another type of elimination which, we nurses, know all too well!!!!! My cathartic is non-tangible and thus, less messy.
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