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To open something so thoroughly it can never be put back in the box.

means To take items out of a container, or to break an idea down into its tangled component parts.

from Literally un-doing the medieval packa bundle strapped to a peddler's backthen drafted by therapists and academics to mean dissecting feelings and arguments.

Software senseUnpacking a zip file dates to the 1980s.
Therapy creepThe let's-unpack-that meaning exploded after 1990.
One-way streetNobody ever offers to repack your trauma.
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