Is Blogging Healthy?
I thought blogging could be dangerous for our health, but now here is an other opinion. As Scientific American reports:
Self-medication may be the reason the blogosphere has taken off. Scientists (and writers) have long known about the therapeutic benefits of writing about personal experiences, thoughts and feelings. But besides serving as a stress-coping mechanism, expressive writing produces many physiological benefits. Research shows that it improves memory and sleep, boosts immune cell activity and reduces viral load in AIDS patients, and even speeds healing after surgery. A study in the February issue of the Oncologist reports that cancer patients who engaged in expressive writing just before treatment felt markedly better, mentally and physically, as compared with patients who did not.
Scientists now hope to explore the neurological underpinnings at play, especially considering the explosion of blogs. According to Alice Flaherty, a neuroscientist at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital, the placebo theory of suffering is one window through which to view blogging. As social creatures, humans have a range of pain-related behaviors, such as complaining, which acts as a “placebo for getting satisfied,” Flaherty says. Blogging about stressful experiences might work similarly.
Also, blogging might trigger dopamine release, similar to stimulants like music, running and looking at art.






Nice theory… Maybe commenting blogs has the same effect
I know that writing helps me deal with stress. Writing also gives me the feeling and satisfaction of actually having accomplished something.
Blogging is good for you
I feel kind of more healthy doing it, and I actually just made my first actual blog today. I hope to be writing everyday- pretty much like virtual journal entries.
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