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Posted by IndigoKnight1 (Member # 9526) on :

What do you call it when someone purges all their thought, ideas, hopes, and dreams in a conversation?

Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :

Disclosure? Exposition? Confide? Confession? Explication? Divulge?

There's one I keep trying to think of from my Interpersonal Communications class years ago but I just can't remember it.

Posted by IndigoKnight1 (Member # 9526) on :

I understand, I think that there is a word for it, but I'm not sure if catharsis is correct.

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

And here I thought this was a cry for help for word processing software...

Posted by IndigoKnight1 (Member # 9526) on :

nope, just need a word

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

Dumping.

[Edit: How very interesting. It appears my spouse has been logged into my computer. This is dkw, not Bob.]

Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :

quote:
Originally posted by IndigoKnight1:
What do you call it when someone purges all their thought, ideas, hopes, and dreams in a conversation?

Either "finding a soulmate" or "the most awkward date in the world" depending on the participants in the conversation. [Wink]

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

[Laugh]

Karl

Posted by IndigoKnight1 (Member # 9526) on :

actually, it was a kid, about nine or ten years old, stopping me on the street and showing me a report she had done and telling me what she wanted for school, herself, and what she wanted to do with her life as an adult.

Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :

I had that happen with a homeless man the other day. I was walking along the street and I caught up with this homeless man just shambling along, and we got to talking, and he more or less gave me his life story along with his hopes for the future. I can't tell you what to call it, but its kind of weird. The feeling that is, not the word. Haven't the slightest idea on the word.

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

rambling

Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :

How about abreaction? It's probably not the word your looking for, but a good one none the less.

Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :

the old fashioned phrase would be "baring the soul". There is probably a newer version referencing body parts or alimentary systems. But, I'm not up on it.

[ August 28, 2006, 01:00 PM: Message edited by: Artemisia Tridentata ]