Definition

Expressive Writing

Expressive writing is writing freely about your thoughts and feelings around a difficult experience, a practice studied by psychologist James Pennebaker.

In his research, a few short sessions of writing about hard experiences were linked to better wellbeing. Putting a feeling into words seems to lighten it.

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