Kicker: A louder coping strategy

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NICK EICHER, HOST: Well, politics can certainly leave a person wanting to scream. And in at least a few American cities now, that is not just a figure of speech.

Atlanta, for instance. Pent-up people gather in Piedmont Park

AUDIO: On three, okay? One, two, three …

… the gather for a thing called the Scream Club.

AUDIO: AAAAAAHHHH!

Yeah, I think you get the picture. Pretty simple idea: show up, take a deep breath … and let ’er rip.

Dr. Kenneth Carter—a psychology professor at Emory University—says there may actually be a method to the madness.

AUDIO: The scream can bring out a lot of that sympathetic nervous system response, but then afterwards people end up feeling a lot more calm.

Yeah, healing, maybe...

Community, maybe...

Or maybe America has finally found a way to turn losing your mind into a group activity.

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