Writing does change you, and of course it feels good to do things, so you could say writing is de facto therapeutic. But really, one writes to write.
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I won't say that writing is therapy, but for me, the act of writing is therapy. The ability to be productive is good for my mental health. It's always better for me to be writing than vegetating on some couch.
I guess writing is a kind of therapy in the sense that there are things you need to say and you say them, and better out than in.
Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.
I really don't feel that writing is therapy.
Writing makes you feel better, to get it all out.
I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.
Writing is very cathartic for me. As a teacher, I hear many students say that writing can be painful and exhausting. It can be, but ultimately I believe that if you push through, the process is healing and exhilarating.
I love writing. I feel more connected to that than I do a lot of the other things.
Writing has never been like therapy for me, but blogging comes a little closer - I can smack-talk freely and frequently, and this is good for me.
The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me.
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