I think that it is a good thing to do at night when it is already little dark, I write my thoughts, emotions and anything that comes to my mind. I write in Finnish and English. I started keeping my diaries in Feb 1999 and I think it is a good thing to do. I suppose I just write for myself.
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It’s a very good idea @mjseu.
Good for you.
I keep a mood journal.
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Thats really cool you’ve been doing that for so long. Its good to have something thats just for you. I started logging my thoughts in a semi-consistent manner back in october. Ive been told writing a journal is very therapeutic.
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I wrote three pages in this evening, I have used just a pen and paper. It is good to see my own handwriting. It is very therapeutic and I can write down thoughts that I would not express here on the forum or elsewhere, my private emotions and views of the current world. When I have meetings at the psych clinic I may address some matters. I have not counted how many notebooks I have but it maybe over 40 diary notebooks. I like writing with a pen and paper notebooks. I suppose nowadays people write their diaries on their digital devices and some use Facebook and other social media to document their daily activities.
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i used to just write about my day; what was on my mind, to process organize. years later i could see the stuff i was going through and poems and liked them. it became my past. i saw where i was and now doing better. i don’t write for the same reasons now. trying to live on the outside. inside not so troubled. dealing now with a different type of spiritual thing.
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Diaries are the great way to empty one’s mind, maybe just reviewing the current day or writing about religious, political and other matters such as world relations. It is nice to go back in time and review thoughts written in the past. Even the handwriting may change during many years if one uses a pen and paper. In the past I used to draw in my paper notebooks, but not so much any longer. It is just a wonderful feeling to let thoughts come to one’s mind and write these down.
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Wow, you must have a lot of writing @mjseu
Yep, I have a lot of writing, but how I started writing in America in 1999 was caused by my auditory hallucinations, on the voice of Bill Clinton I had voices ‘write a book’, ‘put a pen down’ and then I started writing, I think it is an excellent way to express one’s thoughts and opinions. I have used many notebooks and pens. 20 years ago I maintained paper notebooks for different purposes, but now I just use one journal.
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You could write stories or blogs, heck maybe even a screenplay.
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