WELT AM SONNTAG:
Writing to help the soul - does that also work in the Corona crisis?
James Pennebaker:
When If Not Now?
It is people's natural reflex to move closer together in times of restlessness.
But that is exactly what we cannot do during the pandemic because other people are a danger.
Our traditional social connections are severed - connections to family and close friends.
The phone and zoom are not really a replacement.
To write, on the other hand, we only need ourselves. When we put something into words, it changes the way we organize what we have experienced in our head.
It helps us to step back a little from our thoughts, to understand them in a broader context.
WELT AM SONNTAG:
Can writing replace a visit to the therapist?