My ex-boyfriend recently broke up with me. I am normally a very emotional person but I feel... nothing. I would like some advice about how to release my bottled-up emotions over this. [more inside]
posted by sock puppetron on wheels on Feb 2, 2013 - 24 answers

Do you express your pain through art? How do you do it? [more inside]
posted by carolinaherrera on Dec 19, 2012 - 9 answers

I am in need of a very specific type of catharsis. Media suggestions, please. [more inside]
posted by millipede on Oct 11, 2012 - 25 answers

Looking for a song or poem or short story or stand-alone chapter in a novel that has an emotional release or a suggestion on how to deal with anger/negative emotions, especially around family issues. Should be (fairly) appropriate for high school students. [more inside]
posted by guster4lovers on May 19, 2011 - 14 answers

What recommendations do you have for literature with tones and themes of sadness​/loneliness​/inadequacy​/anxiety​/perfectionism​/depression​/alienation​/dissatisfaction? (Not all in a single book, of course). [more inside]
posted by parjanya on Apr 28, 2011 - 50 answers

I'm looking for podcasts or other spoken word recordings, with the feel of the early Henry Rollins or recent Marc Maron: strongly cathartic, really aggro, with quasi-intellectual ambitions, seemingly able to talk on any issue, vaguely politically progressive, sometimes hyperpersonal. [more inside]
posted by Ash3000 on Aug 5, 2010 - 12 answers

Re-exposing yourself to something that creeped you out as a kid - is this a good idea? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 3, 2010 - 22 answers

Help, I can't stop working or loving! How can I move on when I can't pause long enough to get over my relationship? Speed my heart-mending, Mefites. [more inside]
posted by Help, I can't stop talking! on Dec 11, 2007 - 10 answers