tinita on Nostr: Expressive writing is therapeutic and helps deal with difficult emotions and trauma, ...
Expressive writing is therapeutic and helps deal with difficult emotions and trauma, more so than pills and other conventional treatments. We've known this since 1986 when James Pennebaker first published his findings. They have since been replicated countless times, but still are not widely used. Popping pills is apparently easier.
Still, expressive writing is side effect free and works! I can attest to that. Writing helps me process difficult emotions and situations. It's like confiding in a friend, but without judgments, poor listening and too quick consoling. Paper is patient. It helps you process what's on your mind, helps you make sense of it. But you have to do it correctly. It's not about superficial recording of events, you have to dig deep, examine your emotions, understand them, draw meaning from them. For me it works every single time, no matter how riled up I am.
The picture are notes from Austin Kleon, written during a lecture by James Pennebaker. All this was compiled in the book "The Notebook" by Roland Allen, which I highly recommend.
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Still, expressive writing is side effect free and works! I can attest to that. Writing helps me process difficult emotions and situations. It's like confiding in a friend, but without judgments, poor listening and too quick consoling. Paper is patient. It helps you process what's on your mind, helps you make sense of it. But you have to do it correctly. It's not about superficial recording of events, you have to dig deep, examine your emotions, understand them, draw meaning from them. For me it works every single time, no matter how riled up I am.
The picture are notes from Austin Kleon, written during a lecture by James Pennebaker. All this was compiled in the book "The Notebook" by Roland Allen, which I highly recommend.
#writing #journals #psychology #trauma #goodlife