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True!!! Thank you~!

My friend described it as riding the wave of her emotions and thoughts instead of watching the waves crash on the beach and rolling away. Getting caught up in the wave is a different experience versus appreciating the moment's beauty as an outsider.

I use writing to tackle my negative thoughts because I need to get them outside of my mind, or they rattle around in there for some time. So I write, not to show it to anyone or share it, to blurt out everything so I can acknowledge it and let it go. And I doodle.

I used to get into trouble for doodling at school, but it's my way of processing the world around me. So sometimes I doodle to work through it, and if that's not helping, I blurt it out in writing. And if all else fails, I exercise or nap.

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