Probably sometime you have felt that you are about to explode. The burden or sadness incapacitate us to continue with our day to day.
Exposing our thoughts on paper can be a very effective and healthy way to get rid of those negative thoughts.
On many occasions we go through a stage in which we feel sad or apathetic and we do not get to know the reason for that feeling that invades us. Sometimes it is difficult to channel all those emotions. Be it anger, sadness, melancholy or any other feeling that corners us, writing about it is a way to heal our minds and put our ideas in order.
What is therapeutic writing?
Therapeutic writing consists of expressing all the negative emotions that make us feel bad. Either because it is difficult for you to open up to someone or express your feelings or because you do not want to explain what you feel, this therapy will help you.
Take a notebook, a sheet of paper, a napkin, the computer or whatever you can write on and release whatever is eating you up inside. Just write.
Development methods and their benefits
-Forgive:
We are not saints. No one. Probably and even if it is accidentally we have hurt someone. And of course the reverse. Writing an apology letter, even if we don't send it, can make us feel better. You have to be brave and sincere. Think that what you write is only for you, so do not be afraid. If you are not honest with yourself, therapy is useless.
-Forgive:
If in the previous point we talked about forgiving ourselves, we also have the opportunity to learn to forgive others. When someone who has hurt us, dedicate a few lines to them with everything you think about their attitude and your feelings, it will help to vent. If you already have more or less the scar healed, recounting from the beginning everything that has happened to the current situation, will make us finish healing that wound that still stung a bit.
-Pass the duel:
We generally associate the word "mourning" with the death of a loved one. Technically, grief is the process of emotional adaptation to any loss. Whether, as we have commented, death, a partner, a job or whatever else was key in our life. Writing about the feelings that have taken over our minds will help us to calm our anxiety. Put down on paper everything you would say to your ex-partner, the boss who fired you or the bank. You will see how unconsciously you will begin by turning over the pain or anger and then the indifference towards that person will arrive. Do it as you would say it in person and then, if you want, tear it to pieces.
When unfortunately we refer to the vital loss of a person, simply let yourself go.
-Keep your joy!
We should not be left only with the bad. If you have a generally bad streak, do not miss a single good day. A good way is to keep a journal of positive thoughts and days.. Pour into him all the joy that you have felt in that day or moment. The day we need a push because everything is somewhat cloudy, we take the notebook and reread what he has written. There is no evil that lest a hundred years.
The subconscious is very powerful. Sometimes you have to stand up to him and ask him why he plays with us in this way. Write to him, write to yourself, write to that person or to the same life that has played a trick on you and let him go. The good? It is not necessary to be a writing crack, you just have to let the words come out on their own.
The mere act of writing helps put your thoughts in order. It activates our brain, makes us understand things that we did not understand or that we did not know were there. Writing stimulates our memory and also our imagination.
And who knows ... maybe one day everything you have written will help someone to overcome their own traumas or fears. So now you know how to write!