Why Do You Write?

Everyone has a reason, what’s yours?

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I write because I have trouble expressing myself verbally, but putting my thoughts down on paper does something different. I start writing most of the time and don’t know where it comes from. I get lost in my words at the moment and the feelings I am experiencing.

My writing is what I feel at the moment, not always what I think long term. I know some of my writings can be exceedingly hurtful to others, but that is not my intention.

My intention is to process my thoughts as they come, hence why my writings can be all over at times.

Writing is very therapeutic but can be toxic at the same time for me. I have a habit of beating things into the ground. I overthink and overwrite at times.

Writing helps me understand my reality with a delusional twist that I live. I chase things that are not good for me while pushing away what are.

I write because I love the validation I get from my readers.

I write because I love when people tell me I put into words what they can’t.

I write because when someone tells me, it’s like I just described the exact situation they are going through gives me a sense of purpose.