As a teenager I was very emotional. I think I'm still a pretty emotional person, but I've gotten better at controlling my emotions over the years. In middle school and especially in high school I found it helpful to write out my problems in a journal. It helped me to keep a prayer journal, too, because I could see how putting my energy into a need or want could help fix whatever was going on.
When I would get into arguments with my parents and I couldn't get my point across for whatever reason, I would go in my room and write them a letter. After they went to bed I would slip the letter under their bedroom door to read either then or in the morning, whenever they found it. I didn't know if they did any good or not, but I just wanted to be heard. After I moved out of my parents' house, my dad told me once that those letters did actually help them see my point of view.
The point is that writing has been therapeutic for me since I was young. Now, blogging is a way for me to let out my excess energy. I hope that some of my posts are informative and that some of them are funny. I hope that some posts help others and then some posts are just my two cents being tossed out into the world wide web. This blog is both for me and for any viewers that stumble upon it.
My therapy is blogging because I can create a collage of images and words that reflect who I am, or who I want to be. It means I can put myself out there in a way that I struggle to in every day life for fear of rejection. In writing I can think about what I'm going to say before I say it. I have time to react to the world around me. In blogs I can say what I want to because it's my blog. I know I've said this before, but I like sharing. I like sharing experiences and life. Online I can share whatever I want and keep secret whatever I want because I have full control over what is and isn't published here.
If you want to, please share your experiences blogging. Why do you write blogs? Why do you read blogs? Is blogging therapeutic for you? Why?
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