Comments on: Writing about Terrorist Attacks Appears Therapeutic

By: kelsey

kelsey — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:53:07 +0000

It makes me feel so much better when I read back of what I had written when I am stressed or feeling down. Sometimes it was like therapy to see how far I have come. I have a strange fear of drowning and it may have been when I thought I was going to drown when I was a child. I have never written about that but I wonder if it would help me get over deep water and drowning.

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:11:09 +0000

This might sound funny but way back in 1975 my teacher in school got me to write about the most traumatic experience I have had. I was in grade3 then. When I was 6 yeard old I remember being locked up by my elder brother in the broom closet when noone was home. It was an experience that kept me away from so many things and claustraphobic places including elevators. I found writing about that incident over and over helped me get over my fear.

By: Diana

Diana — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:33:38 +0000

Why do we think that young girls have forever been writing in their dear diaries? It is easier to let things out with no fear of being judged or criticized when you write about what is going on on the inside instead of having to say it out loud to other people. We are so afraid of what others may think about us that it becomes nicer to just write it all down instead. I hope this is not an art form that is fading, because do you know how much of history for example would have been lost if we did not have the diaries of those who lived through those times to read and study? Anne Frank is but one example. She could never express or voice her fears to her family but she laid it all on the line in her writing and look at how much so many of us have gotten from that in return. That went off on a tangent a little but it proves the point that writing is helpful to so many in different ways and I can only hope that there are those who continue in the tradition.

By: yaley

yaley — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:49:18 +0000

I found I can express myself more in writing then verbally… There are times when I may not want to say something cause it comes out wrong, or if I am hurt, in a bad mood, etc… jotting it down seems so much easier for me…I feel as if I can say anything on paper

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:35:36 +0000

Is this something like getting someone to write a diary. Maybe starting from the point of bad memories. As you keep going you tend to sound more positive with the written word. Some of that rubs on into the psyche I guess in the process.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:33:18 +0000

Writing is not really my thing but I know that I have found in the past that sometimes putting words to paper is a lot easier for me than saying the words out loud. It gives you the opportunity to get things out in the open without being afraid of what others will say in response. In school I always hated having to keep a journal even when the topics to write about were those that I could pick for myself. But as I have gotten older I do better recognize the value of this process and hope to get into the habit of making it more a part of my own daily life.

By: Myrna

Myrna — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:12:39 +0000

I think being able to express trauma in a positive way doesnt come naturally to everyone. A friend of mine has been an introvert from childhood and a very reserved person. She is having a very hard time despite being in therapy. She survived a bad skiing accident last year and lost her boyfriend in that 1.

By: brea

brea — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:18:57 +0000

Writing has helped me to deal with so much in my life. If it wasn’t for logging down what i felt i think I would have gone crazy… it really helps.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:08:06 +0000

For me writing is a very therapeutic experience and helps me to just get everything out in the open. I know that it can help others in the same way too.

By: Wendi

Wendi — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:03:16 +0000

I agree with Stella, writing can be very theraputic and I write in my diary almost every day, whether it’s the stress i feel at the end of day, if i want to vent, or whatever. I know it’s nothing compared to what the people had to go through during the terrorist attacks.

By: Stella

Stella — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:14:28 +0000

I think any kind of writing is great for the soul… It’s such a terrible trauma what these individual must have faced and keeping it bottled up inside, cannot be good. I think that’s why many people who write in a journal daily gets a little relief from what they are feeling.