Why Writing Is Therapy To Me

Writing has been my therapy, long before I called it that.

Putting words to my pain gave it shape,
and once it had shape, it no longer played on a loop within me.

Through journaling, poetry and blogging,
I’ve processed grief, heartbreak, fear and loss.
Writing hasn’t erased any of it,
but it has transformed it.

Pain into prayer.
Wounds into wisdom.
Hurt into hope.

Some people have asked why I share so openly.
Others have judged it.
But the truth is, silence only ever breeds internal shame and depression.

Writing has become the place where I can be honest.
Where I can stop pretending everything is fine.
Where I could name the things that hurt instead of carrying them quietly daily.

I don’t write because I have it all figured out.
I write because I don’t.
Because I’m still learning, still healing, still becoming whole.

Writing about the hard things is messy,
because healing is messy.
But it reminds me and hopefully you too,
that brokenness isn’t the end of our story.
It’s often just the beginning of something being redeemed.

Vulnerability is scary.
There’s always the risk of being misunderstood, judged or unseen.

But blogging has taught me that vulnerability can also be sacred.

Because as I’ve shared the mess,
thousands of messages have come from people saying,
“Me too.”
“I thought I was the only one.”
“Thank you for putting words to what I couldn’t.”

And suddenly, the risk feels worth it.

Because vulnerability doesn’t weaken us,
but rather connects us.

Writing has shown me that healing isn’t about fixing everything.
It’s about naming what’s true.
About bringing what’s hidden into the light.
About allowing love to meet us exactly where we are.

So, I’ll keep writing.
Keep turning pain into purpose.
Keep choosing honesty over hiding.
Keep believing that even the messiest stories, carry meaning.

As my words help others to feel less alone,
which makes every vulnerable sentence worth it.

Many Blessings, Grace. Xx

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26 responses to “Why Writing Is Therapy To Me”

  1. This particular writing of your resonates with me in a very personal way. It actually speaks to why I started my blog. Thank you

    1. Aww, how beautiful! Thank you for sharing this with me. 🥹

  2. I’m with you! “Those who feared the Lord spoke with one another and the Lord gave attention and heard it . . . ” So many resist being transparent, but this is one way God uses us to help others to not only feel less alone, but also to look to Him as you so often share. ❤️

    1. Amen! Thank you so much for reading and for sharing your thoughts. ❤️

  3. Thank you Grace. Beautifully and succinctly put. I too wrote in personal journals for many years. Then I found my personal experiences helped me in a new job with a mental health charity and then when I trained as a lay preacher, sharing my journey helped me with services. God uses our experiences, not only in our lives, but with others too.

    1. Amen! He really does. Xx

  4. Wow, this so touched my Heart.

  5. People are drawn to honesty.

  6. See the tag on my blog, a quote from CS Lewis; he felt the same as you and coming out of world war and family conflicts and the death of his mother, may have shared much of your pain.
    ❤️&🙏, 🤠

    1. So very true! C.S. Lewis definitely has been an inspiration for me too. 💛

  7. This is my favorite section.
    “It’s about naming what’s true.
    About bringing what’s hidden into the light.
    About allowing love to meet us exactly where we are.”
    It makes me think of Isaiah 9:2,6 “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness, a light has dawned. For to us a child is born, to us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

    1. Amen, thank you for reading! I hope you had a great Christmas. 🥰

  8. “Because vulnerability doesn’t weaken us,
    but rather connects us.” Thank you for writing as you do, you’re such an encouragement! It gave me the courage to branch out – Keep writing! ~ Rosie

    1. Aww, thank you so much Rosie! Xx

  9. Grace, this is beautifully said, and bravely lived. There is a quiet courage in refusing silence when truth is pressing to be named. What you’ve described isn’t oversharing; it’s stewardship. You’ve taken what once wounded and placed it where light could touch it, and Scripture reminds us that “whatsoever doth make manifest is light” (Ephesians 5:13). Your words don’t diminish the pain, they redeem its reach.

    Please never allow anyone to take your voice. The enemy thrives in hush and shadow, but God has always worked through testimony and truth spoken aloud. David poured out his soul with ink and tears, Jeremiah was told not to withhold his words, and we are reminded that there is healing when we “declare his works with rejoicing” (Psalm 107:22). Your writing is not noise, it is witness.

    What strikes me most is how your honesty becomes a bridge. When you name what’s true, others find language for their own ache, and suddenly isolation loses its grip. That “me too” chorus is no small thing, it’s evidence that God uses surrendered words to gather scattered hearts. “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony” (Revelation 12:11). That includes yours.

    Keep writing. Keep choosing light over hiding. Keep letting love meet you exactly where you are. Your voice is not only yours—it has been entrusted to you, and through it, many are finding courage to speak, heal, and hope again.

    1. Thank you so much for your encouragement and these scriptures that I can hold onto whenever I feel the enemy try to silence my voice. 🥹 Many Blessings, Grace.

  10. From one of our WordPress writers Angira Muses, I quote “Being your own therapist does not mean rejecting professional help or pretending pain does not exist. It means learning how to sit with yourself honestly.”
    I enjoyed this piece, and wish you success in your writing with a better understanding while discovering yourself.

    1. Amen! That’s so true. Thank you for sharing that quote with me. 💜

  11. Thank you Grace. As always, your writing is both uncluttered and deep as it eases its way powerfully into my own thoughts and contemplations. In this post, you shared in ways that revealed to me why I write but had not discovered on my own until your post brought it forth for me to see. Bless you my friend.

    1. Thank you friend, for your encouraging words! Many Blessings, Grace. 🥰

  12. There is a whole lot of truth in your post. First honesty with ourselves is what helps us accept that things I need to work on. Knowing God expectation for me is a process not a one time make over. Writing is good for our soul and I too have some critic that are not trying to encouraged me but think I am too honest. Honesty makes us face our own issues not others. I have learned to tell those ones to pray for me, that usually shut them up. You are very good writer, don’t quit, we older ones, I am 79 need to read the young writers. You are never too young to gain wisdom from the Lord. Blessings

    1. Wow, amen. Thank you for sharing your heart with me. 💜

  13. Same same 😉 God bless you Grace!

    1. Yes, blessings to you too! 💙

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