"InfraGreen;c-17773608" wrote:
Thank you for this! Commenters are entitled to their opinions but they can be wrong. :p (if any of you are reading this, I kid, you own your reaction to a story, that's all I really have to say)
I currently have put anything too dark to the side but I was known for years here for writing violent, edgy, sexual stories. It's unrealistic to be a writer (or anyone) and not have something dark in your life you have to process. Though I sometimes wonder if it's the healthiest way to do so, writing the worst case scenarios that could happen to me (death by problems I struggle with) for entertainment. Then I stop caring. There are a few comments that have gotten to me but I want to use them to try and be as sensitive as I can be about dark themes, even if it's stuff that's taken years off my life IRL.
Personally I believe writing can be therapeutic, a subset of creative arts therapies such as coloring, painting, dance therapy etc so yes! I truly believe that writing is a healthy avenue to explore and make sense of less spoken/understood experiences. It doesn't necessarily have to be something personal. We are only human to be affected by misfortune that happened to others - friends, family or the wider community.
