In today’s world our minds are under constant assault by what we are forced to see, hear and experience. Many of us as children suffered unresolved traumas and need a time to heal. For me that “time to heal” came later in life as it does for many who have been kept busy with everyday survival, first for ourselves and then for our families.
I found help through expressive/therapeutic writing. Writing that had the power to change the unchangeable, move the unmovable and cure the uncurable. Even if it is only through a letter, a poem, keeping a journal or by writing stories. I worked through flashbacks and traumas and listened to the voice of my silenced child.
My journey of expressive/therapeutic writing helped me to discover and strengthen my identity. The identity of the right-brained creative person I was meant to be.
During a period of hypergraphic writing I wrote an autobiographical, fictional book entitled Emily: Out of My Mother’s Darkness. The book of Emily reconnected me with the little girl who suffered intense emotional pain at the hands of a mother and an unenlightened generation. The character of Emily was the voice of my silenced child—a voice that would surface like a submarine—a submarine I tried to sink time and time again—a voice that now sails through time and space in the written word. Including what you now read.
This book was written to help others to use expressive/therapeutic writing as a tool to help develop a deeper understanding of their true-selves.
Energy from pain can be very useful. It can fuel the writing process. Turn hurt or negative energy into creative energy—energy for writing. Who knows, maybe you will write a powerful piece that will motivate others.
I was silenced as a small child. Silence reigned.
Finding my voice and becoming my true self was a long arduous journey.
A journey I now share with you.
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