It is based on a theory of neurosis articulated in Prisoners of Pain: too much emotional pain leads to an overload of endorphins; as a result, each body cell can remember each childhood trauma, and the stored pain of an entire lifetime is bopping around in the body. Therefor
It is based on a theory of neurosis articulated in Prisoners of Pain: too much emotional pain leads to an overload of endorphins; as a result, each body cell can remember each childhood trauma, and the stored pain of an entire lifetime is bopping around in the body. Therefore, the cure for all psychological ills is to express and release this inner pain and sadness, ideally in an explosive, loud, three-week-long intensive and expensive workshop. For ten points, identify this form of "therapy" popularized by Arthur Janov, which shares its name with a stress-relieving pre-exam tradition at Northwestern University.
It is based on a theory of neurosis articulated in Prisoners of Pain: too much emotional pain leads to an overload of endorphins; as a result, each body cell can remember each childhood trauma, and the stored pain of an entire lifetime is bopping around in the body.