On writing as a means for healing (its limitations)

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  Jennifer Frances Armstrong I don't even think that if one's story is "really heard" one can have the deepest sort of healing. One would remain a product of one's circumstances, still. I think it is much deeper to get to the bottom of human experience as traumatic experience -- to acknowledge that many of us have a degree of existential trauma in common. THAT is very deep -- and it is very healing.

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  Carolyn Cordon Writing your story helps with the understanding of what you have lived through.

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  Jennifer Frances Armstrong Writing one's story helps to understand a little of who one is -- and more so, what one has to be and/or desires to be, as influenced by forces of necessity. But it is still relatively superficial.

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  Jennifer Frances Armstrong It's always near impossible to determine what one has lived through.

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  Carolyn Cordon Yes, but by sharing your story and truly listening to the stories of others can help you to find a deeper level of understanding.

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  Alice Dragonwyst Suttie there's layers and what works for one person may not work for another.

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  Jennifer Frances Armstrong Hmmm... yes, in some cases -- and certainly it is worth a go. For me, I had to see what the metaphysical system was that had shaped my existence. It wasn't a case of saying that there was no such system and that I had been deceived. Rather, I had to understand what it really had been, rather than had seemed to be. That took me a long time to do.

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