Hey x
Just wondering : How many of you use journals / diaries? How do you use them? (Like how often, when, where, more than 1? etc) and do you find they help at all in anyway??
Thanks :) x
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I did have one, but I got tired of writing, my hands ache. (N)
Though they can be a really good way of renting/venting out everything, instead of keeping it bottled up. :D xo.
Used to keep a journal. Unfortunately I have an incredibly nosy mother who found and read it. I only realised this once it was too late and found out that she'd been reading it for weeks. Needless to say, I don't have one any more. I just use rant threads, really. I wish I was still able to keep one, though.
AMY.
You're not as messed up as you think you are,
Your self-absorption makes you messier.
Just settle down and you could feel a whole lot better,
Deep down, you're just like everybody else.
I write in my journal when I need to get something off my chest. I don't just write about everyday things in there, only serious things that are really bothering me. Maybe once a week.
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I used to keep a journal when i was in my teens...i'd write pages and pages every day until my hand was about to fall off. XD I had a couple 2" binders full and then some, i wrote so much, for years. I wrote about what was good and bad in my life, and a whole lot about my philosophical musings (i did a lot of that at that age) and drew pictures. I think it really helped me a lot; it let me sort out my thoughts and gave me something halfway constructive to do. I'm pretty sure my parents never snooped in it, they weren't really like that, and i was very fastidious about hiding it anyway.
I decided to destroy it when i got married though, as i'm afraid my husband would snoop, and it would just be too embarrassing. I wish i hadn't, but i don't think i had a choice.
I haven't kept a journal since then (livejournal and such never appealed to me for some reason), but i just started keeping one on RYL a few days ago (i just joined). I'm not sure but i think it will be helpful...
I still have an opendiary which I created in 2004. I used to write in it every day, but for the past 2 years I maybe write an entry once a month if that. I just feel better knowing I still have it
Let me be the one you call
If you jump i'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn YOU'RE NOT ALONE
I keep a daily journal in Microsoft Word and have been for two months so far this time round. Have had numerous blogs and written journals in the past.
I have a livejournal which I pretty much just rant in lol.
I have an offline writing diary too, which I write in everyday and probably more indepth than my LJ. I stopped writing for ages but I'm finding it really therapeutic now so yep.
I used to have a hand written journal that i used to write in every day. I still have loads of filled books up in my storage box. I tend to blog more often now. I guess it's just easier to do it all digitally. I do tend to write in my hand written journal when i really need too though. There's something comforting in writing, knowing it's just between you and the book.
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I have tried for years to keep diaries but I just can't keep it up! I always write in it for like two days then forget or can't be bothered. Now I just have a notebook I can write in if I've got something I really need to get out and feel like writing it :)
I have a couple of online ones. One is updated almost daily. My LJ used to be frequently updated, less so now :(
I used to have a written one but I never used it because I'm lazy and daft like that.
I used to keep written ones when I was younger, but I think thoughts so fast that it's easier to type them out, and now I have a livejournal (with over 2000 entries....!) so yes, I use it a lot. I love it. It helps me immensely, even if only to review what was going on, anything that might trigger something else, or get some feedback from my lj friends.
i use R&V (for when i want hugs lol) but i also have a handwritten journal which i use everyday for CBT stuff, adn also when i've got stuff on my mind. i don't know if it 'helps' but i suppose i must do it for some reason.
