It's when you're really upset and need to talk about something or you're going to explode with it or anger or whatever. Like releasing pressure on a valve. It's the same with trauma a lot of the time. After I discovered the body, I definitely needed it.

[Alex's voice is normal when she says it, even if her sleeping had only become worse. And her decision had definitely become worse too.]

I think it's a good word for it. The right word. Because that's what it was. And it's how it affects you. [It's clear that it's a more general 'you' than a specific one.]