The therapeutic power of narration
<p>Illness is a traumatic experience full of uncertainty which checks our confrontation strategies against adversity. When disease is severe and is loaded with suffering premonitions, it can be felt as an emotional cataclysm where narration might be disclosed as an invaluable help. The narrati...
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| author | Sara GONZÁLEZ RODRÍGUEZ Begoña CANTABRANA Agustín HIDALGO |
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| description | <p>Illness is a traumatic experience full of uncertainty which checks our confrontation strategies against adversity. When disease is severe and is loaded with suffering premonitions, it can be felt as an emotional cataclysm where narration might be disclosed as an invaluable help. The narrative process requires solitude, introspection and reflection prior to the writing action, thus allowing to analyze from the distance the new condition the patient is exposed to. The curative effect of narration is produced by the catharsis provided by the reflection, by the fears and negative thoughts transferred onto paper, as well as the alleviation, relief and the comfort provided by the narrative extraversion. Given the curative power of narration, it seems necessary that medicine graduate students know the advantages that writing might provide/add to their education besides the convenience of prescribing writing to their patients because they will feel, at least, relief from the emotional distress that the diagnosis and prognostic uncertainties frequently produce.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7351435e5c9f48a68da74dfe306edddd2022-12-21T23:09:56ZengEdiciones Universidad de SalamancaRevista de Medicina y Cine / Journal of Medicine and Movies1885-52102016-09-0112211012113472The therapeutic power of narrationSara GONZÁLEZ RODRÍGUEZ0Begoña CANTABRANA1Agustín HIDALGO2Universidad de OviedoUniversidad de OviedoUniversidad de Oviedo<p>Illness is a traumatic experience full of uncertainty which checks our confrontation strategies against adversity. When disease is severe and is loaded with suffering premonitions, it can be felt as an emotional cataclysm where narration might be disclosed as an invaluable help. The narrative process requires solitude, introspection and reflection prior to the writing action, thus allowing to analyze from the distance the new condition the patient is exposed to. The curative effect of narration is produced by the catharsis provided by the reflection, by the fears and negative thoughts transferred onto paper, as well as the alleviation, relief and the comfort provided by the narrative extraversion. Given the curative power of narration, it seems necessary that medicine graduate students know the advantages that writing might provide/add to their education besides the convenience of prescribing writing to their patients because they will feel, at least, relief from the emotional distress that the diagnosis and prognostic uncertainties frequently produce.</p>https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/medicina_y_cine/article/view/15005escrituracatarsisalivioprescribir literatura |
| spellingShingle | Sara GONZÁLEZ RODRÍGUEZ Begoña CANTABRANA Agustín HIDALGO The therapeutic power of narration Revista de Medicina y Cine / Journal of Medicine and Movies escritura catarsis alivio prescribir literatura |
| title | The therapeutic power of narration |
| title_full | The therapeutic power of narration |
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| title_short | The therapeutic power of narration |
| title_sort | therapeutic power of narration |
| topic | escritura catarsis alivio prescribir literatura |
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