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Stories as Therapeutic Catharsis
- Aristotle's idea of catharsis links ancient tragedy to modern therapeutic storytelling.
- Freud and later researchers continued exploring how organizing life as stories aids mental wellbeing.
Skydiving Love Turned Tragedy
- Rachel and Gregg fell in love skydiving and Gregg suffered catastrophic injuries after a jump into a dust devil.
- Gregg endured unbearable pain, became suicidal, and five days later he died by suicide despite Rachel's desperate pleas for better care.
Reading Lights Up Real Brain Networks
- Raymond Mar shows narrative immersion activates the same emotional brain systems as real experience.
- Reading fiction engages motor and social brain regions, letting us simulate actions and mental states safely.