It is possible for a substance to be both a laxative and a cathartic. He described poppy juice as narcotic, hypnotic, and cathartic. Mayapple has been used by American Indians as an emetic, cathartic, and antihelmintic agent. Affected individuals often use social sharing as a cathartic release of emotions. She began songwriting as a cathartic exercise after surviving alcoholism and depression. But it's Judge's gimlet-eyed knack for nightmarish extrapolation that makes "Idiocracy" a cathartic delight. Children are attracted to the cathartic qualities of the grotesque, she suggests. It's self-destructive and cathartic. For me, poetry offers some what of a cathartic experience. While this is happening, other students act out in cathartic release. She says writing it was a cathartic experience. Kirk Pengilly lends a cathartic saxophone solo near the end. The root contains convolvulin, which is a powerful cathartic (see jalap). In their usual production style, The Smeezingtons start their songs as a cathartic freestyle jams. She also cited her desire to explore a "cathartic mode" for the album.