3 Reasons Writing Helps You Mentally

Let’s face it life comes with its challenges. Some days things are going great, we are taking care of ourselves, bills are paid and our confidence is through the roof. When we feel good about ourselves our energy is high, our mood is sufficient and we feel like we can take on anything. At least that’s how I feel at times. But then things take a shift, something happens and our thoughts are provoked and we feel or mood shifting. This happens to everyone some more than others, but there is something we should do about it.

In addition to talking to someone there are some things we can do internally…writing.

You may ask, “what can writing do for me,” or you may have an idea of how writing helps. I am sure there may have been a time where you were frustrated and wrote in a journal about your feelings. Or maybe you called someone to vent and that trusted person never brings it up to you again. Writing is something like that. We all learn to write during grade school, we told stories and more than likely did a presentation once or twice causing us to use our writing skills.

Through it all there are some benefits to writing. Here are three reasons writing can help you with your emotions and mood.

  • An Outlet: we all need that! A space that provides clarity, and sometimes writing without hearing a response allows us to focus on our thoughts. And let’s face it, your writing doesn’t have to make sense. It can be one word or several, it can be a paragraph or pages of your feelings. Despite what it is, you are providing an outlet that is helpful and that’s what matters most.

  • Sort Out Emotions: whether you are aware or not, we sort out our emotions while writing. We write how we are feeling and sometimes we write what triggered us to feel this way. The more you write the better you become at processing your feelings. And that is an accomplishment to be proud about!

  • Provide Reflection: reflection is key when it comes to identifying past events. Reflections causes you to think about your past and what you’ve overcome. We all should take a moment to reflect on things, especially if we are facing similar situations that we dealt with. You would be surprised of the outcome and trust me that’s all worth writing about!

Writing how we feel transferred the feelings internally as we express it externally on paper. You have the option to throw it away afterwards, keep it to view growth, or turn it into a blog or book to help others. Either way, writing has the ability to help us move forward with our mental health. I encourage you to take a moment and write your thoughts at least once a week. If you can write it after you read this blog. If you need support check out our magazine to get some ideas. Our goal is to help people understand the dynamics of mental health and find ways to cope. View or digital or soft cover copies today and be on the way to writing and sorting out your feelings. Also, when you do let us know about it below in the comments.