How to use therapeutic writing for empowerment without revisiting trauma

Writing about trauma can affect us profoundly. A 1986 study found that students asked to write about traumatic memories reduced the number of times they visited a health centre for illness, injury, a check-up, psychiatric or other reasons in six months following the study—but that writing about trauma consistently caused emotional and physical upset immediately afterwards. Such unpleasant after-effects are […]
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