Writing to Cope
How writing can help with everyday stressors
I want to write. I haven’t had the chance to write too much but I have a feeling in my soul that I at least like to do it. I’m not saying I’m the next Steven King or anything but I do know that for 3 years, I’ve developed a passion for writing for my own merit, at least.
I’ve thought about writing a book from time to time and I can almost picture a story in my head that looks a lot like mine. One that follows down the same crazy, crooked path my life seems to have taken but only with a little more passion and more emotion. A little bit more dramatic as it would be written from my own point of view. Lord only knows my point of view is pretty much highlighted super bright with my strong sense of self and heightened emotions.
You see, I didn’t always feel this way, or at the very least, I didn’t always see myself clearly. I could relate it more to a TV show you could remember watching as an infant and then in later years come back to missed puns and missed meanings you never even realized existed. I never understood how over-dramatic I really was, until I had later removed myself and became a stranger looking in on my past self. Self-reflection was a big one for me. It is actually the tool that taught me I could use writing in the first place. It was my way of talking about my problems with…
