Screaming Won't Set You Free

Acting out your emotions can escalate rather than release them

In early 2021, a group of mothers in Boston gathered in a field to scream bloody murder.

A therapist had organized the event. Enough people heard about it that the New York Times set up a phone line you could call to scream into for a full minute, joining the Boston women as they stood in the January cold. The logic was that women were at their breaking …