How Writing Helped My Mental Health
Nov 6 · 3 min read
I used to say that showers clean the body, tears clean the soul, and poetry cleans the heart. Even as I drifted away from composing poems, I found that writing helped me process my thoughts on a topic. I would even study for exams by writing or editing Wikipedia entries on various anthropological theories or historical figures. And I was always better able to express my emotions by writing them down, whether in a journal or an…


