a little bit o'' this & a little bit o''that.
Pondering a decision to tell all.
Published on May 2, 2004 By illusivedreamer In Life Journals
When I was a teenager, I wrote this "book" thinking it was a tell all diary. In writting it, at the time, it become a "brag book". I say this because, than, everything I did came from a drug induced, rebelious, angry yet seemingly very happy, & lost , mantality. Also becouse if half of my friends knew even more than they did....I would be even more of a star. It ranged from my newfound popularity, to the most intimate moments. Well, when my parents found this "book", they were mortified, calling it their "manual to devestation, destruction and utter shock". Since those days have long been history, I have started jotting memories and such down as to maybe one day use it as a treatment for myself, for remembering, and healing. I have thought about this so often that I am almost convinced that just maybe, writting could be a clinical treatment for so much of the ailments that haught and detour me.

I have prided myself on the knowledge that all that I have gone threw has built charecter, and that I am a stronger person for having been exposed to SO MUCH. The really funny thought though, is, why then, when confronted with things I have NO recoloection of, do I quickly push it back to the lost memory department? Do I need to remember? Share these memories, experiances? Do I need to write them for my eyes only? Do I need to share them with others? Would this help another person? Would it be entertainment? Would it just set my soul out to the public eye for ridicule? Would "my life" story, hit to the core in someone else with a parrallel life and help me and/or them?

A defining decision to do or not to do is in the mix. If even for experimental documantation, can I proove that writting can cure? I love to write, seeing my story on paper, I don't know. I know one thing for sure, it would be in an entirely differant context then the last. No boisterous writting here, just cold hard truth. Facing reality of what has made me who I am.

Comments
on May 02, 2004
Interesting.

One very good exercise that I do form time to time:

Be in a nice safe quiet place. Do some relaxation exercises to settle yourself and be good and calm. One you have relaxed fully, beging writing. Do not have any subject matter in mind. Just write. Write whatever comes into your mind, no matter what it is.

Keep writing for at least 30 minutes. Longer if you like. DOn't try to "think" of something to write. Just write whatever thoughts you have, whatever flows from your mind through the pen (or keyboard) . I think pen and paper works best for this one.

Do not edit yourself. Write it and let it be.

Once you have finshed this exercise, just put it away until that evening or the next day. Then go back and read what you wrote and think about it. You may be amazed at some of the things you may learn about yourself and get out into the open for yourself.

This really does work and is actually part of the therapy commonly used for depression. (That's where I first learned it)