What Does Science Say
Georgetown researchers conducted a study published in the journal The Oncologist. In the study, cancer patients were assigned a 20-minute writing task while waiting for their appointment in a cancer clinic. They were then assessed after the writing task and again three weeks later.
The researchers found that the writing activity produced changes in the way half of the patients thought about their illness, which was linked in turn to a significantly better physical quality of life. (http://theoncologist.alphamedpress.org/content/13/2/196.full.pdf+html )
New Zealand researchers conducted a study detailed in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine. In the study, 49 healthy adults between the ages of 64 to 97 were asked to write about upsetting life events or about their daily activities for 20 minutes a day on three consecutive days. Two weeks after the writing, participants received punch biopsy wounds on the upper arm. The wounds were then regularly photographed for 21 days. Researchers found that those who had written about upsetting life events (expressive writing) had healed significantly faster than those who wrote about their daily activities. The only other factor found o eb associated with faster healing was getting more sleep before receiving the wound.Duh...:)
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