Writing for
Emotional Development
One way writing helps one emotionally is in
the area of catharsis which the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
(1998:176) defines as “the process of releasing strong feelings, e.g. through
drama or other artistic activities, as a way of providing relief from anger,
suffering, etc.”
When in an
emotional state that disturbs your equanimity, picking up a pen to write
exactly how you feel is a sure way of tranquillising the storms in your mind.
No matter the gibberish you may write or how incoherent your thought-flow may
be, simply pouring out your heart on paper is able to sufficiently calm you down
and prevent you from acting out of place.
Another way
you can use writing to achieve an emotional end is by documenting your feelings
of attraction or affection for another person, usually the opposite sex. Such
writings are usually a better and more accurate representation of the depth of
one’s feeling than words of mouth can express. The rhythmical quality of such
lettered emotions are also poetic. That
is why Wordsworth describes poetry as ‘the spontaneous overflow of powerful
feeling recollected in tranquillity’.
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