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Why Writing Can Help Heal Depression – 2

Written by John on April 5th, 2010
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Some Rights Reserved by lagiuspo at Flickr As I discussed in this earlier post, writing has helped heal the depression that dominated decades of my life. That post reviewed James Pennebaker’s research, as summarized in Opening Up, but said little about how I go about writing to confront the most powerful feelings and maintain the [...]

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Tags: anxiety, creativity, depression, Fear, healing, recovering, Writing
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Why Writing Can Help Heal Depression – 1

Written by John on March 16th, 2010
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Some Rights Reserved by jamelah at Flickr The subtitle of Storied Mind is Writing to Recover Life from Depression, and I’ve often wondered why it is that writing down my experiences could be so helpful in recovery. When I was just starting this blog, I wrote about the fear of writing or even approaching my [...]

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Tags: depression, expectation, feelings, healing, inhibition, Recovery, trauma, Writing
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