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'''Journaling''' is the oldest and most widely practiced form of self-help through [[writing]] is that of keeping a [[personal]] journal (as distinct from a diary of weekly appointments) in which the writer records their most [[meaning]]ful [[thoughts]] and [[feelings]]. One [[individual]] benefit is that the act of writing puts a [[power]]ful brake on the torment of endlessly repeating troubled [[thoughts]] to which everyone is prone. As one person describes it: "Quite what happens when near-obsessive ruminations, which frequently take place in the small hours of the night, are committed to paper is difficult to describe. It does feel as if the trap door of a mental treadmill has been opened to allow persecutory [[thoughts]] to escape. Though the accompanying feelings may [[persist]] for a [[time]], the thoughts begin to [[integrate]] or dissipate or reach some constructive resolution."

'''Journaling''' is the oldest and most widely practiced form of self-help through [[writing]] is that of keeping a [[personal]] journal (as distinct from a diary of weekly appointments) in which the writer records their most [[meaning]]ful [[thoughts]] and [[feelings]]. One [[individual]] benefit is that the act of writing puts a [[power]]ful brake on the torment of endlessly repeating troubled [[thoughts]] to which everyone is prone. As one person describes it: "Quite what happens when near-obsessive ruminations, which frequently take place in the small hours of the night, are committed to paper is difficult to describe. It does feel as if the trap door of a mental treadmill has been opened to allow persecutory [[thoughts]] to escape. Though the accompanying feelings may [[persist]] for a [[time]], the thoughts begin to [[integrate]] or dissipate or reach some constructive resolution."

==Therapeutic Writing==

==Therapeutic Writing==

Writing therapy is a form of [[expressive]] therapy that uses the act of writing and processing the written [[word]] as therapy. Writing therapy posits that writing one's [[feelings]] gradually eases pain and strengthens the immune system[1]. Writing therapeutically can take place [[individually]] or in a [[group]] and it can be administered in [[person]] with a therapist or remotely through mailing or [[the Internet]].

Writing therapy is a form of [[expressive]] therapy that uses the act of writing and processing the written [[word]] as therapy. Writing therapy posits that writing one's [[feelings]] gradually eases pain and strengthens the immune system[1]. Writing therapeutically can take place [[individually]] or in a [[group]] and it can be administered in [[person]] with a therapist or remotely through mailing or [[the Internet]].