Why Writing is a Form of Personal Therapy
by: London Casey
When
something tragic happens in life that affects us emotionally, there
usually isn’t many people you can talk to that will actually understand. That is why I turned to writing. A
lot of the themes in the DownCrash series pertain to my life and my
past, and it was therapeutic for me to be able to control the situations
and the outcomes of them. It was my way of healing. Creating
the characters and developing their life stories allows me to enter a
whole new world and makes life easier to deal with most days.
I
started DownCrash knowing I was going to dive deep into personal
stories and emotions. Just how far I wanted to do I wasn’t sure. But
writing the series allowed me to really open about my personal life and
things I had to endure. At first I thought it would be nice to just
write the situations out. To see them on paper and get them off my chest
and mind. BUT… something else happened. Writing didn’t give me a chance
to put this stuff on paper, it allowed to read about someone else going
through it. Sure, these were characters I created, but I was able to
back away – like right now – and read the entire DownCrash trilogy and
have a better sense of understanding.
For
other writers the person therapy is the concept of writing to get out
of our normal lives. Just like how readers approach books – it’s an
escape. Don’t forget, for writers, it’s an escape to write too. Yes,
it’s our job and we have deadlines, decisions, etc., but at its basic
level, it’s about having an escape.
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Genre - New Adult Romance
Rating – PG13
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