DID YOU KNOW that writing poetry can beat tranquillisers
A study conducted at the Bristol Royal Infirmary found that writing poetry can help with the emotional pain of bereavement and assist some to stop taking anti-depressants or tranquillisers. Of the 200 people who took part in the study, 56% said that writing poetry reduced anxiety. Other forms of creative writing, were thought to produce the same effect.
Source: an article by Sally Balfe published Oct 1998 issue 33 of Stress
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Thanks. This is very interesting. Guess it’s good I write as an outlet more often when my life is in various states of chaos.
It’s official creative writing is good for you…and sometimes only a poem can make sense out of chaos. There must have been other studies carried out over the years – this one is quite old – but I would be surprised if they contradicted the findings at Bristol.