During our lifetime we are faced with countless stressors and we must find healthy ways to cope with these stressors, for example writing. Don DeLillo once said, “Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.” Writing is one of those things that for many when asked to do so they grumble and complain, but this is not true for everyone. I believe writing serves as an escape from the stressors in life for numerous people. According to DeLillo, those who use writing as an escape don’t write to please their readers, they write in order to free themselves.
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With discovering healthy ways of coping that work for each individual this statistic could be significantly lower. Writing is one of the many ways a person can cope with the stressors in their life. I think of the mass identity as all the chaos in our life that we have no choice, but to deal with. Writing is a personal freedom that allows us to escape the chaos in our life and create a different reality for ourselves. It really is a personal freedom because you are creating the reality you want for yourself away from the chaos and no one else should influence that reality. Those who write as an outlet for their stress are saving themselves because there are so many bad ways to cope known as maladaptive behaviors. These maladaptive behaviors include addiction, aggression, self-harming, and much more. Maladaptive behaviors can be very harmful to the individual and even those around them. Developing healthy coping skills and finding healthy coping mechanisms such as writing will help a person deal with the stressors in their life and avoid maladaptive …show more content…
Two to three in 100 American women suffers from bulimia. Anorexia and bulimia are the two most common eating disorders. Anorexia is characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat. Bulimia is characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by overeating and then compensating by self-induced vomiting, purging, or excessive use of laxatives. When people seek treatment for any eating disorders personal writing is one of the many things that are strongly encouraged for recovery. Personal writing is seen as a tool of awareness and awareness of the disorder is essential for recovery. Almost 50% of people with eating disorders meet the criteria for other mental illnesses, such as anxiety disorder and depression. Having to deal with a mental illness is difficult because it is all in your head, but writing allows it to leave your head. Writing allows you to be free of all the thoughts that are constantly racing through your head, which is why I believe it helps so much. Writing provides that escape that so many of us need for our own mental health that DeLillo is correct because it has probably indirectly saved many
With discovering healthy ways of coping that work for each individual this statistic could be significantly lower. Writing is one of the many ways a person can cope with the stressors in their life. I think of the mass identity as all the chaos in our life that we have no choice, but to deal with. Writing is a personal freedom that allows us to escape the chaos in our life and create a different reality for ourselves. It really is a personal freedom because you are creating the reality you want for yourself away from the chaos and no one else should influence that reality. Those who write as an outlet for their stress are saving themselves because there are so many bad ways to cope known as maladaptive behaviors. These maladaptive behaviors include addiction, aggression, self-harming, and much more. Maladaptive behaviors can be very harmful to the individual and even those around them. Developing healthy coping skills and finding healthy coping mechanisms such as writing will help a person deal with the stressors in their life and avoid maladaptive …show more content…
Two to three in 100 American women suffers from bulimia. Anorexia and bulimia are the two most common eating disorders. Anorexia is characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat. Bulimia is characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by overeating and then compensating by self-induced vomiting, purging, or excessive use of laxatives. When people seek treatment for any eating disorders personal writing is one of the many things that are strongly encouraged for recovery. Personal writing is seen as a tool of awareness and awareness of the disorder is essential for recovery. Almost 50% of people with eating disorders meet the criteria for other mental illnesses, such as anxiety disorder and depression. Having to deal with a mental illness is difficult because it is all in your head, but writing allows it to leave your head. Writing allows you to be free of all the thoughts that are constantly racing through your head, which is why I believe it helps so much. Writing provides that escape that so many of us need for our own mental health that DeLillo is correct because it has probably indirectly saved many