Too write a book about my life

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So growing up I was the terrible teenager, out of control and running away. Doing drugs etc etc

I've never really spoken to anyone about it all apart from my dh. He is the only one who knows why I did the things I did. But have never went into depth about it.

It's really starting to effect my mental health along with other intrusive thoughts and anxiety. My childhood/teenage hood. Has really starting playing on my mind and I've not been able to sleep. Hense why I am up now at two o'clock in the morning.

I'm thinking of writing a book for my own benefit of getting it all out and also for other parents to give an insight into why teenagers act the way they do.

My parents said It was like I went to sleep a great girl woke up the next day a completely different person I only changed when I met dh.

Just a thought

Writing about our experiences can be very therapeutic.

There's a massive jump from that to writing a publishable-quality book, though.

I'd focus on writing for yourself, first and foremost. And then see what happens.

Yeah I think that would be better

There are so many people who think their lives are interesting to others but really unless you are already famous, the odds of it being published are remote. Write it as therapy if that would help.

I would definitely write it for yourself first and foremost, it will be good therapy. You may decide its too intimate to share but you can always ask someone objective to give it the once over and decide later

Don’t think about publishing, as others have said just do it for yourself then there’s no disappointment or expectation of it being helpful to others just you, therefore served its purpose.

You should read Wild, by Cheryl Strayed, as this is essentially what she did.