For this exercise, we have to write dialogue as if someone were actually talking to us about our research project. The book The Curious Researcher gives us eleven questions to answer and then we have to elaborate on them as much as we can. Below are the questions, then the answers to them below that.
- Why? Where? Who? When? What?
- What do you mean by_______?
- How do most people see this? How do you see it differently?
- Are you kidding? I didn't know that. What else did you find out?
- Can you give me an example?
- Did that surprise you?
- What other questions does this raise?
- Who does this affect, mostly?
- What should we do about this?
- I'm not sure I believe this. Why do you?
- What do you think we should do about it?
My research topic is therapeutic journaling. What I mean by therapeutic journaling is something that helps people with their thoughts whether they go to see a therapist or psychologist. Looking into this topic, people see it as something that will help them benefit more from writing because not everyone does well talking to someone about their problems. It helps get what's in their mind out on paper. When I first started this research, I saw it differently. I thought journaling was just for people who liked to write. I saw it more as blogging but just less people, if any, seeing it. Finding out more information on this topic though, I have found how therapeutic journaling actually does a help a person. I have also found that it can help heal a person faster. For example, if a person was going through depression or really struggling with losing a loved one, journaling can help ease the pain.They may not want to talk to someone or can't seem to get their words out so writing it all out helps a person gathering their thoughts and get through what they may be struggling with. This surprised me because like I said before, I thought journaling was just something for people who liked to write. I didn't know this until I looked up more information on it and tried journaling myself. Since I thought journaling and blogging were very similar, I looked up information on similarities and differences to see what they were both about. They both can be used therapeutically but journaling can be kept private where as blogging many people can see. This affects people who are seeking help with something they are struggling with, someone looking to go into the profession of being a therapist or psychologist or anyone who just likes writing. I feel as though we should encourage people to start journaling. It allows you to get your thoughts out instead of sharing them with a bunch of people. It is good to talk to people but if you can't seem to talk to someone or want more than just talking, journaling is great. I believe this because it has personally helped me get through things. I use to go seek help from any one of my friends. Since this assignment, I've been journaling to see how it really affects me and it has impacted me in a great way. It allows me to get my thoughts out and that way they aren't in my head anymore and I can in a sense breath. We should honestly encourage everyone to start journaling. It helps in more ways than one, but people need to journaling to see it for themselves. Once people see how impacting it is, they won't be able to stop.
Based on everything I've learned so far, my point is that journaling is very beneficial and therapeutic. People may not think they are going through something, but even sitting down after a day of work or school and writing what you did can help you reflect on the good and bad. This will help people in the long run when they want to remember what they did a certain day or what not to do in similar situations as before. Journaling should be highly encouraged to everyone because it helps everyone in different ways.
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