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The Therapy of Writing
Writing — fiction or nonfiction — can be therapy.
There is something deeply cathartic about getting words, thoughts, and ideas out of your head and onto the page or screen.
Whatever form that takes — journaling, nonfiction, fiction, storytelling, or what-have-you — writing can be massively empowering.
If you’re not a writer — forcing it in most instances won’t help. If you are, however, then like me you probably have an inherent drive and NEED to write.
It is seldom a chore for me to write. I love coming up with and sharing ideas, worlds of my own creation, helpful tips, or just getting the various and sundry crap out of my head and onto the page or screen so I can look at it with more clarity.
Writing has always been a way for me to check in with my mental health. Which, as such, makes it a form of therapy.
Even when I am creating fantasy or sci-fi peoples, places, and things, it invokes thought, feeling, action, and intent — conscious awareness or mindfulness. Hence, it can be extremely therapeutic.
What’s more — if I share these things I write — they can impact other people. Hopefully, they have a positive, helpful impact.
