Hello Therapy & Pete, 

Thank you both for sharing your stories with members on this site.  I find it inspiring to hear that, despite the personal hardships and setbacks you have experienced in your lives, you have both found a common outlet to express yourselves creatively.

I'm sure many people will appreciate and resonate with your writings.  You never know what powerful impact you may have in others' lives and I hope that you continue down this path of self-healing!

I also wish you both the very best, 

 

 

 

Hi

 

I, too, have found writing really helpful.  I tend to sit down whilst still in 'white heat' mode - in the grip of some strong emotion - and pour stuff on to the page. The very act of writing calms me down : my inner writer takes over and I start to edit, rephrase, revise..... I become involved in the process of writing itself. The polishing of the artifact I have created gives me some distance from what is expressed therein, and things can fall back into proportion.

 

There's a few bits and pieces of my writing on my blog here. I do also write fiction, but that is a completely different process from my personal writing.

 

all the best

 

Pete

So for over two years, I ran, I drank, I ate, I had sex with strangers, lots of failed attempts at relationships everything excessively.  I lost all self control and lost all confidence and skills with work, previously the only thing that kept me what the 'norm' would consider sane.  Nothing was working any more, I couldn't run far enough to tire myself to stop the 'racing brain' effect.  I had hypnotherapy which nearly pushed me over the edge as i put all hope in being hypnotised out of my problems.  It didn't work.

The only thing that  kept me controlling was writing.  Every day.  Every bad thought, every bit of anger, mood swing, trying to concentrate on finding the words to describe what was happening in my end, trying to find the path to 'contentment' and 'peace'.  It has helped me, a lot.  It is not pleasant, but it is also rather comical.  So I put it out there, so people can read it, and maybe identify with some of this.  I am a 37 yr old divorced guy.  And slowly I am putting my life back together.  But I am definitely not the same person I used to be, and I think too much still.  Thinking too much is not a good thing, keeping busy is.

Wish all of you the best in finding your own personal path.  This is just mine.  Or at least a work in progress.  The work will be finished when I am on the other side, wherever that is. :)