Do you write...

Quote by KimmiBeGood
Not just Lushy stories, but many subjects I write to purge from my mind. I have written and thrown away a ton of writings.

A great therapist introduced me to writing as a therapy tool 20 yrs ago. Its a genius concept for releasing mind-hogging matters.

Quote by kistinspencil
stories of a Lushy nature that you don't intend to publish (too personal, too taboo, too whatever) just to purge them from your system? Or can you keep them at bay, back of mind?

I often have to purge out these mind worms. The analog tedium of writing long hand works best, I've found.

Oh, yes. I have a chapter in my ongoing story To Dream Among the Stars that I'll have to completely rewrite. I've created something too dark, too violent for this site. Even writing it was difficult and uneasy, so it's going to stay in my first draft version. Only my therapist has seen it and it will most likely stay like this.

Otherwise, I usually write things that are out of my imagination, so no issue there. There is only one story in my working folder that is based on reality, I don't know what to do with it. I might publish it, but it touches on emotions still somewhat close to heart. Will see.

Oh, yes, I have all sorts of little written odds and ends that will never make their way into any story. They are all dumped in a file on my laptop (I couldn't write a story longhand to save my life). Someone someday, after I'm gone, may wonder what all those weird little files are and start reading.  Uh oh.