Hi there…
Something that comes to mind here is similar to journal writing, but in a good way, I think… Instead of ourselves being hte person in the ‘journal’, write it through the eyes of another person, so it actually becomes a work of fiction rather than personal horror. Take a single character through what you are strugging with, in the present tense, as in the right now.
You are then writing it from a distance, rather than deep down in a black hole.
Sometimes we are there in that metaphorical ‘black hole’. In a ‘realistic black hole’ we are in darkness, with no light. We cannot see our way forward so… Right it as if on the surface, in the sunlight, and guide the character (Actually down in the hole) some way forward out of that black hole.
I love to write… If necessary, go on the open university ‘Open Learn’ section. it is free of charge basic learning, and there are some really good mini courses to help us to write things down better.
I guess that many of us OCD’ers are cursed with a very powerful imagination. I certainly am, but I’ve found great solace in trying to take a character, rather than fully myself through this awful stuff we experience so much…
It’s horrible, isn’t it?
Tels
