I am writing about my incredible journey to healing from childhood sexual abuse since October 2009 and since then have found an amazing amount of other survivors who write about what they are experiencing. More than one said that being able to write about their experiences more or less anonymously has a great impact on their healing. 

First of all it is the experience that you are not alone. Being abused means that no one knew what happened and the abuser made sure that you do not tell anyone. They threatened you with many things (for me it was that my mother would die of cancer which she did anyway) that kept you silent. That lonely suffering gave you the impression there is no one who can understand and you are a nutter who just makes up things. Writing about your experiences make them a lot more real. Getting feedback that others have the same experience make it even more real and also gives you a feeling of belonging to someone. Both making it real and to belong is an important component of healing. 

But it also means healing on a wider scale. There are a lot of prejudices about abuse out there. People mainly think that abusers or people who rape are nutters or strangers who wait for their children in the bushes. They are nutters I agree but they are by no means strangers. Read around in the blogs of survivors and you find out it is the mothers, fathers, grandfathers, grandmothers, aunts, uncles, friends ect who do those horrible things to innocent children. What people do not want to know is the fact that the rapists of children are among them looking especially nice and kind to children. And I always wonder how people can be so surprised when those are exposed. 

If they would look suspicious how could they get access to children and do what they do? 

Thirdly it means healing through information. You find out about forms of therapy and where to find it but also about symptoms ect. 

This is why Writing (and also reading) is healing!