Positive expressive writing consistently improves well-being, but not all techniques are created equal

https://phys.org/news/2025-05-positive-techniques-equal.html

> The benefits of positive expressive writing for psychological health and well-being depend on the particular approach and on individual differences, according to a systematic review published in the journal PLOS One by Lauren Hoult from Northumbria University, U.K., and colleagues.

survivalist fantasies.

Toronto. March 9th, 2024.
We have lived to see such horrors. We may yet live to see a more terrible justice unfold.

model: https://www.instagram.com/kbangauf/

half gifts.

Toronto. March 2nd, 2024.
The cruelty of everything we ever wanted; betrayed by this alluring stuff. We trade fading joy for passing fancy.

model: https://www.instagram.com/nella.a7/

terminal velocity.

Toronto. February 7th, 2024.
We witness collapse and feel safe because we do not sense that we too are crumbling

model: https://www.instagram.com/whitney.masters/

accumulating pain.

Toronto. October 10th, 2023.
The more we come to understand our world, the more we are dogged by a powerlessness of our own design. An accumulating pain.

model: https://www.instagram.com/ondine_rt/

Nothing worse.

Toronto. October 4th, 2023.
They look us in the eye and tell us nothing has got worse. The ground falls out from under them and they smile defiantly.

model: https://www.instagram.com/kalopsiahhh/

drawing time.

Toronto. September 24th, 2023.
On the rails of time, we draw it closer; bend it as far as possible. But it has only one direction and no destination.

model: https://www.instagram.com/minhly.model/

here comes future.

Toronto. September 22nd, 2023.
If not a deathwish, then what we wish for is an end. A waypoint, an unburdening, and the chance to burden ourselves anew.

model: https://www.instagram.com/modeladventurer/

Sometimes simple is best. A quick face sketch on a ripped piece of packaging paper, that I have stuck in my journal.