What is it about pain that makes the ink flow? I’ve always used words as a way to process, in the throes of tumultuous emotions, when I need direction and putting pen to paper organizes my thoughts. I’m experiencing a world of hurt, and the side effect, the end of the writer’s block. Send help. Heartbreak is beautiful, in that soul crushing way that removes the masks and stripes us if our delusions. The tears wash away the cataracts and I see clearly. My best friend advised to channel the force of the emotions towards a productive end, or I may self-destruct. So here we are, writing. And true to form, I am writing about writing. In the Advances in Psychiatric Treatment journal article published by the Cambridge University Press, Baikie K, & Wilhelm K. stated that studies have shown writing about” traumatic, stressful or emotional events has been found to result in improvements in both physical and psychological health.” One must write both about the trauma and emotions t