Self-medication may be the reason the blogosphere has taken off. Scientists (and writers) have long known about the therapeutic benefits of writing about personal experiences, thoughts and feelings. But besides serving as a stress-coping mechanism, expressive writing produces many physiological benefits. Research shows that it improves memory and sleep, boosts immune cell activity and reduces viral load in AIDS patients, and even speeds healing after surgery. A study in the February issue of the Oncologist reports that cancer patients who engaged in expressive writing just before treatment felt markedly better, mentally and physically, as compared with patients who did not.
I guess like any form of writing, blogging has its therapeutic side, though the folks who have authored the study seem to have carried it to quite an extreme.
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I blog quite impersonally. I run away from catharsis.
At my blog, I have a post about writer David Mamet.
hahah!!
I think its true, atleast for me!!!
I guess like any form of writing, blogging has its therapeutic side, though the folks who have authored the study seem to have carried it to quite an extreme.