SELF - HELP

Never going against your instinct. Hear your conscience. Listen carefully. Do what it tells you to.

Oprah says to overcome depression, tragedy, loss or any kind of emotional trauma, write a journal, a personal one. Although I’m one compared to her, I say, never ever write a personal diary. The least embarrassing thing that could happen to you is someone reading it and the worst thing that could happen is someone publishing the details in any kind of media, it could be word of mouth or blog and then all of your secrets are out for everyone to gawk at. Why am I so sure? Personal experience, you see. And so, right now, when I was in the deepest of pits because of some personal reason I would not like to disclose I wanted to vent myself which is when I discovered this innovative pretty- harmless-to- self way of alleviating my pain.

The answer is people, to write and that should be it. Write about anything except yourself and that leaves you with a hell lot of other topics like bitching about your ex- best friend who ditched you, as you got hooked up with a guy, who she had the hots for, to writing about American idol castoff Sanjaya Malekar or if you are not the gossip type then write about the discovery of 300 million year old fossils of a rainforest. Whew!

That’s a lot more uncomfortable or unnatural to come out of us, but it works and that’s what matters isn’t it? And, it is a lot less risky and a lot more fun especially if you’re a gossip lovin’ girl like me but hey let’s not forget not to overdo it. Or our writings could end up sabotaging someone’s public image.

As far as my experience goes, you get over whatever has been making you upset a lot quickly than if you would have been writing about that upsetting thing itself. In distracts you from what is troubling you and you feel good, light and calm. There is this peace that surrounds you, which not even a thousand hours of meditation would have made possible.