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Meditation and Talking
When meditating about it you spend time thinking about it. Usually, we do not want to think about bad things. We do not spend time thinking about the bad stuff. When you are afraid of thinking about it, you may face the fear and might lose, or at least relax, it.
When talking about a topic you spend time with it. You think differently when you talk and not only think. You may talk to yourself, to an imaginary person, or a real person. There's also a difference between if the other person responds, or not. It's usually sufficient, or even better, if the other person does not respond at all but only listens. There are even groups where the people only listen to you. They are called "emotions anonymuous". Beware that it's cult like and there's a lot of religious talking but it's the most popular group, if you find something similar without the religious crap, go for that.
Drawing
You may draw about the stuff you think. You do not focus on the thought primarily. It just gives a different angle to the topic.