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diff --git a/content/entry/identifying-and-processing-emotions-with-alexithymia.md b/content/entry/identifying-and-processing-emotions-with-alexithymia.md index 86b70ec..b65c684 100644 --- a/content/entry/identifying-and-processing-emotions-with-alexithymia.md +++ b/content/entry/identifying-and-processing-emotions-with-alexithymia.md @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Observing thoughts and emotions without judgment shouldn't take much effort. If ### Writing Writing is another activity I do that helps me process emotions. It's almost the same as meditation, except on paper instead of in my mind. I think about what's bothering me and write it all down. It might sound simple, like "Oh just write down what bothers me. How obvious." but the way it's done is all important. Understanding the methodology and its purpose is important if you wanna do it right. So I'll now expound on that. -When I'm doing this technique, I'm not rushing myself to get to the end. The point isn't to finish as fast as possible. The spelling and punctuation don't matter. The tone of writing doesn't matter. The language I'm writing in doesn't matter. The goal is to write every thought I have about what's bothering me, not one thought excluded, no matter how crazy it might sound if someone else read it. No one else is going to read it and I can discard it when I'm done anyways. There's no need to reread the paper unless I feel like I ought to. +When I'm doing this technique, I'm not rushing myself to get to the end. The point isn't to finish as fast as possible. The spelling and punctuation don't matter. The tone of writing doesn't matter. The language I'm writing in doesn't matter. The goal is to write every thought I have about what's bothering me, not one thought excluded, no matter how crazy it might sound if someone else read it. No one else is going to read it and I can discard it when I'm done anyway. There's no need to reread the paper unless I feel like I ought to. The whole point of the writing is the same as the meditation: to acknowledge my thoughts and emotions without judging them. When I'm writing down my thoughts, that's acknowledging that they exist, in a way. If I find myself having an opinion of what I've written, I write down that opinion too. I continue writing until I'm all out of opinions and I've written everything I want to write. I can always write more later if I wish to. |