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Q&A Writing what my family may not want to read

I am going through a difficult time in my life and, as a keen amateur writer I’m seriously considering writing about my experience. My motivation is two fold, firstly I believe it will help me, but...

5 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Unsure‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:54:34Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/33158
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Unsure‭ · 2019-12-08T07:54:34Z (almost 5 years ago)
I am going through a difficult time in my life and, as a keen amateur writer I’m seriously considering writing about my experience. My motivation is two fold, firstly I believe it will help me, but also to pass something onto the next person who may find themselves in a similar situation.

Now here’s the problem. Many of the challenges of my situation stem from the reactions of friends and family, this would form a key part of the work as it’s such a source of pain for me and would be vital for anyone else to understand what to expect.

I should stress that people aren’t deliberately hurting me, but many of their comments and actions are extremely painful.

How could I approach such a project? I want to document this time of my life, but I’m scared that thoroughly describing my experiences and how I feel could destroy these relationships if the people around me ever read what I wrote?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-02-10T16:50:28Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 14