What do you enjoy most about writing?
Writing was my first escape. I learned to read and write at an early age and it just became my obsession and my remedy for everything that was wrong with the world. When it was all too much, I could just dive into my own little reality, with my characters and my stories where I controlled the plot and knew there would always be a happy ending. Reading had the same effect on me, I would just feel a bit more tense with it because I didn’t know what was waiting on each page.
And now, 20+ years later, writing is still the same escape for me. It is also my way of letting go and letting everything out. If it’s on paper, it becomes easier to carry. Writing is the most integral part of me.
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I found solace in writing. At a difficult moment living with my bipolar and psychosis, I had the urge to write a word that was in my head instead of being consumed by the nonsense that was monopolising my thoughts and time. Initially it was a solitary word, say “confusion”, and I was then thinking about the word and why it was prevalent. I adopted this behaviour in every other time I was in a situation where I had to deal with interaction with people. This worries me because I have bipolar. But it was a positive response to the situation for me when I accepted the scenario and had a calming sense of purpose that made me feel better about myself. It did appear after a while that I felt awkward and uncomfortable with the people I had been spending time with, simply paranoia! These experiences have helped me though, I’ve learned to make a negative into a positive every chance you get. I am feeling awkward, but I spoke to, let’s say, 7 new people and interacted with them, each person has their own unique personality and if I am interacting with them, it makes us both feel positive. I try to adhere to this philosophy and what I write in my blog is an extension of myself that offers a connection to others and helps me understand what I need to say, do and keep to myself xx
You can make anything happen through your writing ✍🏻