"I've long used it to pour out every bit of angst/struggle, such that I might release it. I've had good reason to need an outlet. But sometimes the outlet has been a reason for the angst/struggle to exist, which was never the intention. It's kinda like setting a metric and then the behavior changes to meet the metric."
The purpose of writing out my angst is to release it and find a solution to it via the writing process. Often that IS successful. Solutions sometimes come when I least expect them and occasionally become obvious as I write, as I separate them from inside my mind.
However, often it works in reverse. I can become even more angst-filled the more I write about it. Sometimes, it's better to avoid writing about it and divert my energies and attention elsewhere.
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Date: 2022-01-02 09:28 pm (UTC)The purpose of writing out my angst is to release it and find a solution to it via the writing process. Often that IS successful. Solutions sometimes come when I least expect them and occasionally become obvious as I write, as I separate them from inside my mind.
However, often it works in reverse. I can become even more angst-filled the more I write about it. Sometimes, it's better to avoid writing about it and divert my energies and attention elsewhere.
I don't always know which way to go.