I can sum that up with one word - avoidance. Since elementary school I can think of only one other academic endeavor that caused me as much grief as writing and that was public speaking. Writing gives me a serious case of the willies. For most of my adult life I have avoided writing letters, filling out essay type questionnaires, even avoiding the "about me" parts of website or social network profiles. I have a hard enough time getting my thoughts across verbally without mushing the words up in my mouth, getting them onto paper (or into text) seems like such an agonizing process for me.
I'm sitting here this morning trying to get my discussion board assignment done and as I start putting my ideas on paper my mind goes crazy and I start getting all these ideas that are totally unrelated. Maybe there's just so much junk in there that I need to let it all out so I can start to make sense of it, but the process is frustrating.
I know I want to write my paper on PTSD and how the family members of the person who suffers from it suffer along with them, but then I go off on a tangent that doesn't make sense. I understand about letting the "artist" do her job while holding the "judge" back until later, but that is much easier said than done. I think I might have to let go and give freewriting a try to get some of this garbled information out of my head and onto the paper. It's a start. Right?
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