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Narratives of Journal Writing

Narratives of Journal Writing
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Author(s): Jennifer Lynne Bird (Oxbridge Academy, USA)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 26
Source title: Using Narrative Writing to Enhance Healing
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jennifer Lynne Bird (Oxbridge Academy, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1931-8.ch009

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Abstract

How can writing help people heal? While writing cannot take the place of an evaluation by a trained medical expert, it can help the healing process. The process of writing serves as a valuable resource whether a patient writes about symptoms in a journal to share with a medical professional, a high school student writes about the day's events in a journal to deal with emotions, or an adult writes a prayer in a journal to cope with uncertainty. Regardless of the circumstances which motivated the writer to pick up a notebook and pen or type at a computer, writing releases thoughts and emotions from the mind to the page. When people transfer ideas to paper, stressful emotional events in the mind and physical tension in the body often improve. Therefore, writing can become a catalyst for healing.

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