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Do you love reading to the point that it becomes a refuge from reality?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A way to enter another world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For many book lovers, including myself, this is the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On many occasions I find myself immersed in story, resonating with the lead character and relating the fictional account with my own journey through this most ethereal reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their troubles? A mirror of my own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their successes? Accomplishments I aspire to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Literature has this power; to transport us to another realm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And on a more practical level, non-fiction psychology books become a way for us to correlate our inner lives with emerging science on the topic, clearing up questions and confirming decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simply the act of reading is enough, allowing words to roll over our minds like a literary massage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, I’ve found that this predilection (bordering on obsession) has had many benefits, and since discovering the concept of bibliotherapy, I can finally understand why\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benefits of Bibliotherapy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some benefits of reading therapy include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Providing Insight and Perspective on Personal Issues<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To be human is to be a great skin-wrapped body of confusion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conflicting thoughts and confusing emotions often reign and when we’re trapped in our own heads, we lack the emotional distance to put our problems into perspective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading the stories and accounts of people on the page allows us to see our issues from a different angle, providing the insight we need to move forwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Reducing Loneliness and Fostering Connection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When we suffer from psychological stress and angst, our brains have the habit of telling us that we’re the only ones to ever feel this way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Negative emotions magnify and suddenly we feel that we’re completely alone – in a cold, dank pit of despair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Becoming immersed in an imaginary plot or consuming a self-help book shows us that we’re not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although we’re all unique as humans, so too we share many of the same problems and encounter similar obstacles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading about such issues connects us to those characters, illuminating unique ways to overcome our challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Encouraging Self-Awareness and Emotional Intelligence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When reading, we’re constantly and often subconsciously placing ourselves<\/a> in the position of the characters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their experiences in a way, become our own inasmuch as we reference them against our inner reality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Issues or accounts detailed on the page may well dovetail with our own experiences, even if we haven’t previously recognized such emotional signals as areas for further exploration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This self-questioning elicits a newfound sense of mindfulness, making us more emotionally adept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Promoting Coping Skills During Difficult Times<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Resilience is a vast and often overlooked factor in mental health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, it can also be a vague and inaccessible term for those experiencing emotional difficulty, lacking the concrete steps needed to offer solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, reading offers a new avenue to learn this vital life skill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By sharing the journeys of fictional and non-fictional characters, we begin to see how we can apply this mysterious art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, when I read Can’t Hurt Me<\/a> by David Goggins, I was at a particularly low point and it was only by reading how the author overcame similar demons that I had the determination to do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Offering Story-Based Learning<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

“Show, don’t tell” is an oft-told journalistic aphorism and it means taking the reader on a journey with the words. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t tell someone how bad something was – instead show them in vivid detail, by describing the circumstances and letting them decide for themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stories fulfill our primal urge to hear campfire tales. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They bypass our sensitive bullshit filter, which has developed in response to the marketing age of greed and misinformation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading boring facts and statistics send us to sleep immediately. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weave those facts between the lines of a compelling story, however, and we remain engaged throughout, retaining the necessary information for action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Books are Constant Companions and Lifelong Teachers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As much as we’d like our favorite people to remain constant throughout our lives, unfortunately, this isn’t the case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In contrast, books are often our best friends and constant companions, or as Stephen King once said, “a uniquely portable kind of magic”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also provide unremitting access to the best of the human hive mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So even if you grow up lacking access to adequate education or role models, learning to read provides a gateway into another world, and the ability to learn life lessons from the most revered authors to have picked up a pen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Reducing Stress and Anxiety<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Book lovers will know the sensation of curling up in their favorite place and getting lost in a literary world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s something uniquely relaxing about reading that we don’t always experience with other forms of media, like television. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This form of escapism has been shown to reduce stress and anxiety and when the reading materials are specifically selected to help you deal with such emotional issues, even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The combination of reading as a form of relaxation with the consumption of actionable information is potentially life-altering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Offering an Accessible Adjunct to Traditional Therapy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Psychotherapy and counseling aren’t cheap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Often these interventions are long-running and unblocking psychological obstacles might require multiple sessions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While undoubtedly effective, this comes at a cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bibliotherapy on the other hand, while more effective if used in combination with therapy, can also be utilized as a self-management method, acting as a starting point to encourage you to seek aid or increasing the time required between traditional face-to-face sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I can’t overstate the benefits of bibliotherapy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading is such a foundational human skill, transmitting knowledge through time and across geography, that learning how to live well has never been more accessible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’d like to learn more about our bibliotherapy service, click here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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