Kill Anxiety and Grow Love Through Writing

Write Daily!

We are living in an era where we do not have listeners. Nobody wants to listen. We are a generation that wants everyone else to listen, but not us. This is why anxiety builds up with the non-stop bombardment of ideas, information, behaviours, and reactions. Alongside this, our aims, past, future—everything—make us anxious. It keeps building inside us. We need to dump it or expunge it somehow. But how, when nobody has enough time for us?

Writing can be one of the ways to make this happen. I would suggest not writing using digital media. When we use mobile-based or digital journals, we become hurried and restless. In this haste, the real purpose of pouring out the anxious thoughts is lost. Conversely, when we use pen and paper or a paper-based journal, we take our time to think, process each word and idea, and then write it down. We write what disturbs us, and only this can help us let it all out.

Lack of Listeners with Absolute Active Listening Skills

If you have a listener who gives you full attention without worrying about where their phone is or what is ringing on it, you may not need to write. You can move slowly in the moment, speak, and pour your thoughts out to them. However, this person must be an active listener, not merely someone who hears you and nods absentmindedly with “Um,” “Right,” “Okay,” etc. Active listening boosts your morale and genuinely helps. It also benefits the listener.

When we actively listen to someone, we connect with their emotional core—their brain, thoughts, and feelings. Two people connected in this way can help each other feel at ease. But do we have anyone like that? Almost rarely. That is why I suggested writing it all down. Just jotting a few paragraphs about what is disturbing us can help clear our minds of toxins.

We ourselves are not active listeners, and our generation needs the development of this skill from the root level. I have a book suggestion here that can help us all. You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters is a book written by Kate Murphy. I found it really useful book and I think it will help you too.

The Daily Build-Up of Mental Toxins

Toxins build up in our minds daily, just as our bodies produce waste after eating and processing energy. Similarly, we observe, think, process, and harvest both positivity and negativity, which inevitably generates mental waste. We should not let this waste linger in our minds, or over time, our thought processes may become crippled.

I have personally practised this approach, and in two years of continuous writing about how I feel, exactly as I feel, I have made much content that I thought of converting into short and to-the-point books of mine. I have nourished my thought processes. Now, I have a much better and clearer thought process. It has also increased my kindness, virtues, and understanding of life, relationships, goals, and purpose. I encourage you to read, write, and observe rather than watch and consume digital content.