The research ... reveals a strong relationship between written or verbal self-discloser and a variety of health benefits ... compared a group of subjects who wrote about a past trauma for four consecutive days to another group asked to write about trivial matters. In "before" and "after" blood samples from each group, he showed that the group writing about difficult events had an improved immune system functions, a benefit that continued for six weeks after the experiment. In another study, he found that high-level engineers who lost their jobs were more likely to be reemployed if they wrote about their job loss than those who either did not write about that difficult experience or who wrote on the more trivial topic of time management" Other studies showed that "thought suppression" had a negative effect on the immune system"
When I started blogging it was mostly drivel. It was little thing on the bottom of the main page called "Though of the moment". And it was short quick thoughts that where the blogging equivalent of a burp. I only started blogging in earnest when shit went down between Lexy and myself.
Some of my mates found it unsettling how 'open' I was being. Lexy found it annoying as she was the object of my resentment and wasn't painted in a particularly good light. However I found it therapeutic, and tried to explain this was why I did it. That if I didn't write about it these thoughts remained stuck in my head and drove me nuts.
So blogging it's more than just navel gazing. It's good for you too. Unfortunately I probably still end up writing drivel.
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