Meet Scream Club Chicago

Vocab level: B2

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A special therapeutic club gathering to handle all of their big feelings in a big way.

That's one way to smell the flowers and cool the soup.

Meet Scream Club Chicago.

A group of people meeting up each week on a beach of Lake Michigan where people can let it all out without judgment.

"We've had a lot of change in our life lately, and my daughter's been feeling a lot of feelings,"

"and I feel like it's a really good thing for her to see grown-ups handling all their sad and hard feelings in a really healthy way."

First, participants take deep breaths.

Then, into the water, they toss biodegradable pieces of paper where they've written down their frustrations.

Then they scream.

Frustration, anger, anxiety, these are all valid human emotions that everyone experiences, right?

So maybe give it a shot next time you're feeling overwhelmed.

But if there's not a body of water nearby,

you might want to warn your family or your neighbors or grab a pillow and muzzle a little bit.

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Meet Scream Club Chicago

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