A few days ago, i learned about creative writing therapy and did some activities related to it. It was fun so i thought i’d share. 

The first one was called sad ending story and happy ending story, where you talk about something that you’ve experienced - the sad ending would be the negative experience and problem that you had, and the way that it made you feel; and the happy ending story would be a continuation after that, either about how you got through the situation or how you envision yourself getting through the situation in the future. 

The second one was poetry writing. We selected 8 words in sets of two rhyming words and used them to write a poem with an aa, bb rhyming scheme. It took me way too long to get this one done cause I’m not really used to finding words and then making poems, but it was fun anyways. I wrote about libraries and books, and it relaxed me to give myself an imagery of a place i would so love to be in.

The third one was writing words associated with the issue. It took me a while to finish this one too. I kept getting more and more words in my mind, and then at some point words started repeating themselves, showing the pattern that i've seen mentioned in Hugh Prather's The Little Book of Letting Go. Your thoughts go in circles - they're a loop. 

The fourth one was writing a letter to your issue. I didn't realize that i would have so much to write for this one but i did. You start off by saying dear___, and you talk about how the issue affects you and what your life would look like without it. Then at the end, you wish it away. I wrote mine to neuroticism, since i recently realized that i have been pretty anxious for a long time and just not recognized it as such. By the time i reached the end of the letter, it felt like i was telling my baby to leave. I didn't understand why it felt so strongly attached to me, like it had nowhere else to go, like i was telling it to protect itself from me rather than the other way around. I even ended up signing it off - with love and many regrets, Mother. 

The fifth one was sentence completion. For this one, we made prompts in the form of incomplete sentences that we have to complete by speaking about what we want to elaborate on. For example, i feel anxious when......i have a task to complete for a class i don't like, and when i have to wait for the lift, and when i'm leaving home in the late morning, and when i don't finish bathing by 12 pm, among many others. 

The last one is magical object. This one has been the most fun one so far - we choose an object that, if were magical, would solve all of our problems. I thought mine would be rose colored heart-shape sunglasses. when i put them on, i'm no longer nervous or anxious. I always know the right things to say. I never doubt myself. I don't guess whether people like me or feel like they're lying to me. I can see myself as a person. I don't have trouble figuring out what i want. After you find your magical object, you start listing down the properties it has, or the abilities it gives you, or the problems it solves. Then you have to find ways to work on them to become the person you would be if you had your magical object. 

I'll write more when i have more to talk about. 

With love and many regrets,

Mother

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