Jessica Wapner of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN:

» Blogging--It's Good for You
The therapeutic value of blogging becomes a focus of study

[...] 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. [...] «
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-healthy-type&print=true

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