Stumble It!
My StumbleUpon Page
Blogging as Therapy: His and Hers
Posted by ozzieblackcat at 7/10/2008 9:09 PM and is filed under ozzieblackcat,depression,Shrink,Newsweek,His and Hers,Blogging 
Recently, Jessica Bennett, a reporter from Newsweek, contacted me by email. She said she was writing an article for Newsweek about blogging as therapy. She also told me that she came across my blog and wanted to mention it in the piece. She wanted to know if I agreed that blogging can be therapeutic and how. We corresponded back and forth several times and I enjoyed her interest in the His and Hers Depression Blog.
As it turns out, Jessica didn't mention me or this blog in her article because she said, "the article got cut down a ton so it was so short.....sad....it got cut out in editing." I told her I was disappointed but I understood that these things happen.
When I read her article, "My Shrink Says........Blog!" I have to agree that it is way too short. I would love to have read more detail about why she sees blogging as an exercise in exhibitionism. It would also have been great to read some statistics on how many Psychiatrists are touting the therapeutic power of blogging. I'd like to give Jessica's article a plug here because I think this reporter is a good writer. Since she contacted me, I've read a number of her Newsweek articles. You might enjoy some of the articles too!
I definitely agree with the following quote in Jessica's article by psychologist, John Suler. "Revealing too much can cause shame or guilt." Most of us really don't want to post our deepest thoughts and secrets. We understand the value of keeping some things to ourselves in order to feel "safe".
A Safe and Peaceful Place at my home
As it turns out, Jessica didn't mention me or this blog in her article because she said, "the article got cut down a ton so it was so short.....sad....it got cut out in editing." I told her I was disappointed but I understood that these things happen.
When I read her article, "My Shrink Says........Blog!" I have to agree that it is way too short. I would love to have read more detail about why she sees blogging as an exercise in exhibitionism. It would also have been great to read some statistics on how many Psychiatrists are touting the therapeutic power of blogging. I'd like to give Jessica's article a plug here because I think this reporter is a good writer. Since she contacted me, I've read a number of her Newsweek articles. You might enjoy some of the articles too!
I definitely agree with the following quote in Jessica's article by psychologist, John Suler. "Revealing too much can cause shame or guilt." Most of us really don't want to post our deepest thoughts and secrets. We understand the value of keeping some things to ourselves in order to feel "safe".
A Safe and Peaceful Place at my home
Comments