According to a study conducted at Georgetown University by Nancy P. Morgan and associates, “a single 20-minute writing session positively impacts a patient’s quality of life.” Many of our bloggers have found the following to be true:

“The post-survey indicated that 49 percent of participants who completed the writing exercise reported that writing changed their thoughts about their illness, while 35 percent reported writing changed they way they felt about their illness. At the three week follow-up, 54 percent of those completing all parts of the study reported writing changed their thoughts and 38 percent reported writing changed their feelings about their illness. Two factors — younger age, and less time since diagnosis, were associated with more change in thoughts and feelings.”

Read more about the study here.