How to use writing as a therapy

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Very few of us can weave fascinating stories with our words. But, I believe, everyone can express his thoughts through writing. Just as talking is a great way for many women to convey their anguish and feel better, writing can become the perfect way to give vent to one's feelings and feel lighter.

I have used writing to ease my worries, get rid of my insecurities, plan my future, celebrate my achievements and a lot more. Every time, reading my written words has given me new perspectives and feelings of worthiness.

Here is how you can use writing as a therapeutic tool:

• To let out steam: We humans are an egoistic lot. We get angry and frustrated if we don't get what we want in the way we want it. The result of our hotheadedness is always negative, for us as well as others. The simplest way to avoid this is to write about the issues troubling you. So you hate the way people comment about your looks; let it out in writing. You may just realize that you were wrong to give importance to other's irritating jibes in the first place.
• To understand another perspective: Who knows, that person who disrespects you, might have issues of his own. That friend who teases you is secretly jealous of your achievements. The street kid who harasses you for money has been hungry the whole day. Writing often lets you see beyond where your eyes take you.
• To overcome your insecurities: Oh the bane of my life - insecurity. I cannot stress enough how many of my inner demons I have squashed through writing. The best part of writing about your hidden fears is that you get a perfect chance to analyze and overcome those monsters. What thinking, taking advices and reading cannot achieve, writing can do in a few minutes. It really exorcises the monsters for good.
  
• To feel better: If you have gone through a life shattering moment and have no one to console you, writing can come to your rescue. Just expressing your sorrow and reading it makes you feel you are getting a great shoulder to cry upon. Your writing becomes your best companion as you pour out your heart. It makes you realize that you can, at times, be your best company.
• To share your achievements: So you have pumped your fists in the air, given innumerable treats and literally walked on cloud nine. But if you want to add immortality to your triumph, just write it down. One day, ten years from now, when you read about your exuberance in your achievement, you will live that moment again. It will become your best mood lifter for lifetime!