Writing Therapy for Dealing with Depression

Writing Therapy for Dealing with Depression

Writing therapy is useful for treating depression since it provides a conduit for the release of pent up emotions. The types of writing therapy that are useful for dealing with depression naturally include:

Expressive Writing Therapy

Expressive writing enables a person who is dealing with depression ease their emotional pain by processing and expressing it. Therefore dedicate time each day to express yourself on paper.

Expressive writing therapy projects for dealing with depression include:

1. Write down your emotionally difficult feelings

2. Write down your emotionally difficult memories

3. Write about the times and places you have felt the happiest

Poem Writing Therapy

Writing poems that draw from the writer’s life experiences and express their innermost aches can also help them heal by peeling away the pain. Therefore dedicate a special book and a special time to pour out your emotions poetically.

Writing poetry therapy projects for depression include:

1. Writing a poem about the person you are working to become mentally

2. Writing a poem about your purpose in life

3. Writing a poem about the pain in your life.

An example of poetry writing therapy is the following poem which I wrote when I was going through a difficult time.

Good Morning Pain

Good Morning Pain.

Hesitantly I rise to meet another day

Terrified of its tension and strain

My body and soul don’t want to get up

For worries weigh me down

Dread locks my strength and will

And all I want to do is to lie in bed all day.

(C) Dr. Miriam Kinai Available from Poems of My Heart

To learn more read Dealing with Depression Holistically which teaches how to treat depression naturally with:

* Aromatherapy

* Art therapy

* Christian Bible therapy

* Chromotherapy

* Dance therapy

* Diet therapy

* Eco-therapy

* Exercise therapy

* Herbal therapy

* Home decor therapy

* Music therapy

* Phototherapy

* Relaxation therapy

* Self-Care therapy

* Self-Psychotherapy

* Social therapy

* Talk therapy

* Vitamin therapy

* Writing therapy