How to Write Your Story
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Speaking of Hope is a project run by The Transformation Center that promotes recovery related to mental health, addiction and trauma, and focuses on changing stigmatizing beliefs. Speaking of Hope hosts events where people with mental health conditions who were trained to share their recovery story, have a chance to share their success with the audience, and be living proof that recovery is real!
Speaking of Hope also travels around training those with mental health conditions how to tell their own story. The members of the RTC are proud to say that we were lucky enough to have had this opportunity! Here are some of the main ideas we got out of the training: 1. A good recovery story:
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Other tips:
1. Write any amount of information you feel comfortable sharing. You do not have to state your diagnosis, your name, or any traumatic experiences you don't want to share.
2. Writing about traumatic experiences in a very detailed way may cause others to feel bad. This is called a "trigger." Try not to write triggering statements as they will not be published.
3. Share a link to a picture you think represents your story. You can send in a picture of yourself if you'd like, but it's not necessary.
4. You can decide to make this a creative project. For example, you can make a video of yourself telling or acting out your story. How about a music video with a song you consider your "theme song" with words that tell us what's happened? You can also make an electronic collage/comic or take a picture of a collage/comic you make that describes your situation. You can even write it out like a short fiction.
5. Have fun with writing your story!
2. Writing about traumatic experiences in a very detailed way may cause others to feel bad. This is called a "trigger." Try not to write triggering statements as they will not be published.
3. Share a link to a picture you think represents your story. You can send in a picture of yourself if you'd like, but it's not necessary.
4. You can decide to make this a creative project. For example, you can make a video of yourself telling or acting out your story. How about a music video with a song you consider your "theme song" with words that tell us what's happened? You can also make an electronic collage/comic or take a picture of a collage/comic you make that describes your situation. You can even write it out like a short fiction.
5. Have fun with writing your story!
