The part of the Google definition that attracted me was "produces a pleasurable calm by exciting the emotions" which sounds a bit like the aftermath of sex only sex would be the physical versus the emotional. So, catharsis is a "climax" of sorts. Following that example, one would want to try and imagine what a "mental" climax would be and I think that would equate to the "A-ha!"/lightbulb experience of understanding something?
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