The Power Of Writing On Medium
How writing on medium helped me to heal
Sometimes one event can be so life-changing that one’s world is never the same. That happened to me more than one month ago. My Dad passed away on January 4 2022 after a brief illness.
All plans went out the window. I planned to take on a new job and also take a course in a program. I halted everything with my employer and the new school.
It took a few days before I realized that my healing would help by writing about my Dad. Each time I wrote about my Dad, my feelings were raw and it was like having an open wound that no medicine could soothe. When I finished with one article about my Dad, it felt a little bit like a weight was being lifted. Each time I wrote, the heaviness was going away. It took me 3 articles before I was finally able to consider writing about something else.
Dealing with grief is different for everyone. There are different ways to deal with grief, such as talking to family members, seeing a counselor, spending some alone time, joining a support group, or turning to religion for comfort. For me, I turned to God, and to writing.
When I wrote, I realized how much my Dad had been a big part of instilling values for me. He was gone and could never come back. My faith told me he is in the “light” with other family members, and he is there to learn things.
I read a lot of books about grief too, and the afterlife, and that also provided me with comfort. But writing taught me to evaluate my relationship with my father — the bad and the good.
It turns out that studies show that writing about your experiences overcoming a death in the family or other traumatic events, does have health benefits.
Still, writing may also be triggering and may bring out strong emotions, such as crying. Even so, many people report feeling better after writing about their losses. I admit to experiencing an emotional avalanche that brought on nonstop tears, but I did feel better afterward.
I have to thank medium for giving me a place to write about my loss.
For many people, writing can take a bigger form and some writers have written memoirs or autobiographies of their lives.
I am currently reading a book by a man who faced bullying as a youth. I have no doubt that he had released a lot of pent-up anger by writing and reliving his experiences.
Some recent memoirs that are a suggestion for readers include:
I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures In the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Boudain
My personal favorite memoir growing up was reading:
All Creatures Great And Small by James Herriot
If you want a celebrity book about the actress, Joan Crawford, check out:
Mommie Dearest, by Christina Crawford
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