Write Your Own Prescription

If you’ve got an ailment – you should consider writing your OWN prescription.

Got a symptom you just can’t shake? Write your OWN prescription. There is new research showing that patients who write about themselves actually heal faster in some cases. In one study, patients with asthma and rheumatoid arthritis had a decrease in symptoms after writing about the most stressful event of their lives. In another study – participants with irritable bowel syndrome wrote about their deepest thoughts and emotions about the condition, and saw a significant improvement after a few sessions.

Writing therapy is really starting to get noticed in the medical field – and it works both ways. Some top medical schools are now using creative writing to help students gain empathy and insight to patients and their symptoms.

Source: Danielle Ofri, author of “Medicine in Translation”