Likewise, writing about what happens to me calms me down. When I'm angry, sad, depressed, or even happy, I write how I feel in a Word document, but I write it as if it were someone else as if it were someone else and not me. Sometimes I do it in poetry or rhymes, creating a story, and other times I just write them down to get them out of my head. I rarely reread them because I don't like to think about what I once felt or thought. This helps me avoid making wrong decisions, relaxes my mind, and calms anxiety. Whenever I go through difficult times, I don't like to talk about it with anyone and I keep what happens to myself, but there comes a point where I can't take it anymore, so I decide to write it down, that makes me feel like I'm sharing it with someone. more and release my burden or my pain.
Wes used basketball to avoid seeing his reality, to avoid being part of all the crime that was around him, he used it as a way to escape disaster, and I think many of us use different activities with the same purpose, to avoid what is happening to us, to get away from reality and to forget all the problems a little. Many times, I also use music and dance to forget what is happening.
There are many ways in which I avoid or deal with difficult situations, but most of the time I don't talk about them with anyone, I write them down, or I lock myself in my own world. I know that's not healthy, but everyone has their own way of dealing with things. But writing, exercising, and dancing are things that clear my mind and often help me think of solutions to problems or how I can improve so that this situation does not happen to me again.
Zolciree, I said the same thing about using the gym as my safe place. To go somewhere and to be able to solely think about improving your self and pushing your self to be a better version of your self can help with the tough things going on in your life. You can use the pain in your life as motivation to get through workouts and what ever else you do at the gym.
ReplyDeleteZolciree, I love your response! I also love to write. When it comes to the gym, I have such a weird relationship with it. I used to love it and it would make me feel better, but ever since I became a college athlete I always feel such pressure to run a certain time, lift heavier, etc. I hope I can get back to the way it used to be since it is so good for you!
ReplyDeleteHey Zolciree, I love how you mention writing as a coping mechanism. I agree and have been starting to journal more. Writing does help us release emotions and give us a strategy to understand how we are feeling.
ReplyDeleteHello Zolciree, I like your blog. I can relate to you a lot. I like to use the gym to help me clear my mind and force on the workout I am doing. instead of what has been overwhelming me. For me, I can't write my thoughts down I just blank out on what I should write even tho I know I could write so much on how I feel . So I just tend to keep it to myself or tell my boyfriend who has helped me with my anxious and overwhelming moments and helped me learn that everything will be okay. He was the one who showed me the gym and to not be scared of it and now he and the gym are my safe place. Keep thriving and everything will be okay.
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