Healing Through Writing
As you can see from the various blog posts here, I enjoy reading books. I love looking at the different writing styles, and when I continue reading, I can’t help but write a bit myself. I even have a few short stories here and there. But as I kept going, I realized that there was more to the art of writing than what meets the eye.
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For centuries, writing has commanded a certain respect in the artistic world. Great figures like Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, and Maya Angelou have used writing to capture the essence of human expression, bringing us together despite our differences. Even now, writing has a special place in our hearts, and has touched people, whether they do it or not.
And it’s hard not to see why. It can be used to create imaginative worlds, to learn something, or to even escape from stress. But there’s so much more to writing, isn’t there? After all, if there wasn’t, we wouldn’t be sitting here, simply just churning our words on a page.
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1. It helps you communicate better
As Stephen King once said, when you want to write well, you need to read. A lot. It allows you to understand not just your own words, but other people’s as well, so much so that there leaves little room for misunderstanding. You learn to communicate your emotions, and can help you share your experiences with other people. This, in turn, leads you to understand other people’s perspectives, and offers you a way to connect with others.
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2. It relieve stress
Writing can help you create worlds that may not have been otherwise possible. When we fully immerse ourselves in our thoughts, we tend to forget ourselves, and concentrate on our crafts. We start to express ourselves in ways that may not have been acceptable anywhere else, simply because we know that no one else is watching us. It’s this freedom that writing offers that allows us to relive our stresses. We leave our worries at the door from the moment we pick up our pens, pencils, crayons, or anything else we use to write.
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3. It improves your emotional well-being
By relieving stress and teaching us how to communicate better, we are able to improve our overall emotional well-being. By simply writing down how you feel, how your characters feel, or even a situation you’re in, you can improve your attitude tremendously. Writing also helps us handle hard times. By allowing us to write down our emotions, we’re able better handle these situations, and deal with our emotions and difficulties accordingly. Finally, writing can help us understand other aspects of our lives that we may take for granted, and thus, allows us to be more thankful for the things we do have.
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4. It helps you build up mental clarity
Because writing involves understanding the words you’re writing, organizing your thoughts, and finding new ways to coney your ideas, it’s no wonder that writing has been shown to help people build up their cognitive abilities. When you’re writing, you’re constantly learning about the world around you, taking on new perspectives that are different from yours, and coming up with new phrases that can make you message more impactful. It’s the reason why so many authors and writers are quick-witted, critical, and overall good at what they do. Writing forces you to evaluate yourself, and to push yourself to be better.
Despite the (undeserved) stigma that writers often have to go through, there are still genuine reasons why people write. Whether it be for financial stability, or pure enjoyment, writing has a therapeutic aspect to it that allows people to immerse themselves in the words they’ve written.
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