The Pros and Cons of Writing a Story

For me personally it was just the exercise of being able to be so honest about how I felt without any shame or um or hesitation to just put it all out there. There's a little bit of sort of uh retraumatization involved in that as well because you know you're going back right into how you felt at that time so there was a bit of emotion in there as well and a few moments where it felt yeah it felt like I was I was right in there again. In using your voice I think it gives other people the courage to use theirs. You know someone else can acknowledge that or admit that then you know maybe I can too.