{"id":6226,"date":"2016-11-21T01:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T08:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=6226"},"modified":"2016-11-19T14:40:05","modified_gmt":"2016-11-19T21:40:05","slug":"use-your-writing-to-heal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/use-your-writing-to-heal\/","title":{"rendered":"Use your writing to heal."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bookshawl\"<\/a>Use the difficulties in your life and represent them in your writing.\u00a0 Describe the difficulties as if writing a scene in a novel. Look at your situation from a different point of view \u2013 from that of a character in a story.<\/p>\n

Take A Break<\/h3>\n

When your writing becomes too difficult, stop. Take a break. Take a walk. Treat yourself to a glass of iced tea or hot apple cider. Wash your hands with special scented soap. Do something physical to relax your mind.<\/p>\n

Use a focal point as a reminder to relax and breathe deeply. A focal point is anything you like to look at: in your home, your writing environment, or outside.<\/p>\n

Have A Plan<\/h3>\n

Have a plan for when you are feeling overwhelmed and need relief from emotional tension while you are writing.<\/p>\n

Prepare a healthy snack before you begin to write. When the writing gets difficult, take a few minutes to nurture yourself, whether it\u2019s food, or a visual treat \u2013 look at a pleasant picture or a memento that has good memories for you, or being physical\u00a0 \u2013 Go for a walk, a run, move around.<\/p>\n

Empowering<\/h3>\n

This type of self -care can be very empowering and gives you some control in your present situation where you didn\u2019t have control in a past experience.<\/p>\n

Use your writing to heal, being careful to not re-traumatize yourself. \u00a0This way, you can benefit from the healing potential of telling your story.<\/p>\n

Practice writing about your past without it overwhelming you.
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\u201cIf we write about our pain, we heal gradually, instead of feeling powerless and confused, and we move to a position of wisdom and power.\u201d <\/em>\u2014 Writing As A Way of Healing<\/em> by Louise DeSalvo\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

How to write without adding trauma.<\/a><\/h3>\n

The Healing Power of Images Prompt #139<\/a><\/h3>\n

Transforming Depression Into My Writer\u2019s Muse \u2014 by Teresa LeYung-Ryan<\/a><\/h3>\n

Does your heart hurt? Prompt #269<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Use the difficulties in your life and represent them in your writing.\u00a0 Describe the difficulties as if writing a scene in a novel. Look at your situation from a different point of view \u2013 from that of a character in a story. Take A Break When your writing becomes too difficult, stop. Take a break. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[126],"tags":[934,1024,1025],"class_list":["post-6226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-just-write-2","tag-how-to-write-without-adding-trauma","tag-the-healing-power-of-images","tag-transforming-depression-into-my-writers-muse-by-teresa-leyung-ryan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43Dj8-1Cq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6226"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6233,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6226\/revisions\/6233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}