u/CelebrationOwn112

Hi! I am currently working on my debut novel, and I am finding myself drawing more than I expected from my personal life. The main inciting incidents and climax of the story have been changed, but some of the themes, events, and internal monologue are drawn pretty directly from my past. I'll save you the drama, but the years I am drawing inspiration from were not pretty to say the least. I am finding myself reopening the wound when I write, and feeling the emotions I felt back then more and more in my day to day life. So I guess, my question is, other writers who draw from adverse personal experience, how do you go back in time to write without letting yourself stay there? TIA