Archive Writing as Therapy
The Mission of the Veterans Voices Writing Project is to enable military veterans to experience solace and satisfaction through our writing program. Writing and graphic arts can help veterans process thoughts, feelings, and ideas they otherwise keep hidden, sometimes masking PTSD. Seeing their writing and art published in Veterans’ Voices magazine builds self-esteem and helps heal.
Express Yourself and Improve Your Mental Health
Expressing our feelings and thoughts through written and visual artistic expression allows us to get our feelings out, memorialize them through art and hold them up to examine, reflect on and use to foster healthy change. That’s it! More ›
Why Does Veterans’ Voices Writing Mean So Much?
Veterans’ Voices acts as a force for good and fights against the darkness of a mind that can be in trouble. It can provide a comfort zone for a veteran to share his/her deepest thoughts with others who can relate. It acts as communication between strangers, but those strangers are all brothers and sisters who (no matter from what era) know what is being written about More ›
Writing Enables You to Help Yourself and Others
Veterans have a unique opportunity to join a supportive community and embark on a journey of creative writing at your local VA Medical Center – a safe space where you can share your stories, engage in ‘classroom’ exercises, and feel a sense of belonging under the guidance of an experienced volunteer facilitator. More ›
The Lifesaving Power of Poetry
Poetry saves veterans’ lives. Veterans often reveal that they have considered or attempted killing themselves, but stopped when they discovered an alternative: writing about the emotions and experiences that prompted their suicidal thoughts…and took the chance to share with other veterans to reconsider their actions. More ›