A doctor enters a house where poetry does not enter

The healing effect of words has been known for a long time. By the 4th millennium BC, the ancient Egyptians wrote words on papyrus, dissolved them in liquid, and gave them to the sick as a medicine.

We all know the health benefits of meaningful writing. Like writing, poetry has been recognized as a great way to improve mental health.

The use of poetry for therapeutic purposes extends to primitive rites in which shamans sang poems for the welfare of an individual or tribe. Its use as a complementary treatment for mental disorders can be traced back to a Greek physician named Soranus in the 2nd century AD. Today, some therapists use reading or writing poetry to facilitate healing or promote personal growth in their patients.

FOLLOW THE WORDS

You can take shelter in the power of words in difficult times when you may feel broken. Especially reading, listening and writing poetry is good for our mental health.

Poet, writer and thinker Levent Ağaoğlu, the author of the book of poetry called Levendname says that writing poetry and even trying to write poetry has many benefits for mental health. Stating that expressing your emotions in a poetic way has a completely magical effect on your body, mind and soul, Levent Ağaoğlu gave the following information about the health potential of poetry:

6 BENEFITS OF POETRY

“When you write poetry, you have to strain your mind and work on metaphors and imagery. Writing poetry helps develop creative thinking. You become more creative and start thinking more. This is a great exercise for your brain and helps to distract your mind from other scary things in life.

Writing poetry helps you express your pain and therefore makes you feel better. Many of the world’s most inspiring poems have expressed pain in the most beautiful way. Commemorating what you have lost with poetry makes you feel better.

Whether coping with loneliness or facing uncertainty, poetry can benefit a patient’s well-being, confidence, emotional stability, and quality of life.

Poetry works well to provide comfort and uplift in times of stress, trauma, and grief.

Poetry reduces both chronic and post-operative physical pain as well as combating symptoms of depression.

Poetry improves mood, memory and study performance. Poetry increases creative thinking and cognitive stimulation. Poetry helps to keep the memory intact, prevents early dementia.

HAVE MORE POETRY IN YOUR LIFE

Read, write and listen. You don’t need any formal training to start writing. Just write, read or listen. There is a lot of scientific research on the physical and mental health benefits of poetry.”

WHO IS LEVENT AĞAOĞLU? 

Poet, writer and thinker Levent Ağaoğlu was born in Istanbul in 1958.

He graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Political Sciences (1980). He completed his postgraduate studies at Boğaziçi University, Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Department of Public Policy and Public Administration (1986).

Levent Ağaoğlu, the author of Kıbrıs-Afrin Hattı , Kıbrıs Dünyanın Merkezidir , Düşünce Sizsiniz , Levendname, speaks English and Chinese.

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