Writing about yourself, alone or in a group, has a therapeutic function that operates on several levels.
Writing together brings out contents, emotions, values and meanings which, if shared, help strengthen our sense of belonging to a group, facilitate communication, the creation of ideas, thoughts, projects, stimulate our creativity, allow us to improve listening and to develop empathy, that is the ability to put oneself in the other’s shoes and can favor the resolution of various problems.
Writing helps to strengthen our identity and to reflect on actions and experiences as if we were rereading them from the outside, it tests our memory because it pushes us to remember events, events, details of our life. Remembering the past helps us to better reconsider the present and plan our future.
Writing promotes self-esteem because it makes us retrace our history and make us identify our abilities and our resources.
Remember not to judge what you write or what others write, there is no right or wrong content, everything is fine because it represents our story, we are important.
Within a course of therapy, self-writing can also be used to integrate the narrative, to facilitate processes or express difficult emotions.
It is an experience that changes us and, like the water of a flowing stream, makes us more alive.
