The reliving of a strong emotion can be therapeutic.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

We stress the term reliving, not just remembering.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

There is no point in reliving painful experiences and thinking about lost loves.    From Wordnik.com.  [2009 August] Reference

Initially, Hiroshi gets lost in reliving his youth, enjoying the benefits an additional 34 years of experience give him.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Distant Neighborhood Book 2 » Manga Worth Reading] Reference

We watched the stars and listened to the BBC at night, and relished in reliving our Peace Corps days with some lukewarm bucket baths.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tukombo to Mpamila: bus & pickups / 8 hrs] Reference

That said, after having gone through the toddler/preschool years with my kids, I’m just not interested in reliving it when I go out.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Illuminated Crowd | Her Bad Mother] Reference

And so I'm kind of reliving a lot of those things.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vijay Iyer: Self-Taught Jazz Pianist Goes 'Solo'] Reference

And every time this rolls around, it's kind of reliving someone's death.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taking Stock Two Years After Katrina] Reference

It's more getting on the plane and kind of reliving what Todd went through, that would be difficult for me.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2001] Reference

Coming up, as Hurricane Rita heads toward Texas, many Katrina survivors that are kind of reliving a nightmare.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 21, 2005] Reference

Coming up, as hurricane Rita heads toward Texas, many Katrina survivors that are there are kind of reliving a nightmare.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 21, 2005] Reference

Are we going backwards and kind of reliving or going back to old dialogue and then trying not to correct it all over again?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2006] Reference

Will Brinson: Talk about the preparation for these guys, and kind of reliving glory days diving into this whole thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [FanHouse] Reference

Recalling it and reliving it again boosted his stress.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference

So reliving those memories 25 years later is really fun.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 27, 2005] Reference

SMITH: It was the depression from reliving the trials.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 18, 2007] Reference

BLITZER: A general reliving the horror of war every night.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2009] Reference

And later, we are reliving the '60s with newsman Tom Brokaw.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2007] Reference

They were just old spacemen now, reliving old times together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Danger in Deep Space] Reference

But when the news broke, I did feel myself reliving the drama.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE EDITOR'S DESK] Reference

I mean, I felt like I was actually reliving the events of 1804.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Beat: The Hamilton-Burr Feud Continues] Reference

"But it might be one of her happiest times, reliving and rethinking.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Coping With The Darkness] Reference

In reliving this experience, there was always present in his thought the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flamsted quarries] Reference

He seemed to be reliving the events, rethinking the thoughts he'd had then.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sky Is Falling] Reference

Her thoughts were in the past, and she was reliving the years that were gone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lancashire Idylls (1898)] Reference

These leaders know full well that Americans have no taste for reliving history.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Weller: Shakespeare: Don't Like the News, Then Kill the Messenger] Reference

While she had been reliving the past the words were entering her consciousness.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Son of the Hills] Reference

But paradoxically, scientists think reliving them may be the best way to move on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reliving a Nightmare] Reference

He says "With regards to where I am with Tomboy, I'm definitely reliving middle school.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Top 10 albums of the autumn] Reference

NICOLE SMITH: It was -- it was the depression from reliving the trials from -- from my husband.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2007] Reference

When the season ends Storen will head back, reliving his recent past and moving toward his future.    From Wordnik.com.  [Washington Nationals' Drew Storen will go from pitching mound to Stanford classes as soon as season ends] Reference

It shows the English as inward-looking, boorish and obsessed with reliving past triumphs on or off the field.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swede Rules Britannia] Reference

Designers are reliving those days, turning out shoes in vivid prints -- from bold blooms to delicate calicos.    From Wordnik.com.  [TIP SHEET] Reference

Do you really want to spend your last year in the White House reliving the most painful episodes of your tenure?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memorandum To Mrs. Clinton From: George Stepanopoulos Re: Why You Shouldn't Run] Reference

But reliving the trial through these two books makes it all too clear that Jackson's stewardship of the case was a disappointment.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Trials Of Microsoft, 4.0] Reference

Since he is incapable of “reliving” his cravings — true empathy — the best explanation for his behavior is unavailable to him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Empathy Gap] Reference