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[RandomBogy]

I had made a post recently venting my frustration with not knowing how to stay happy. There was a lot of great stuff people brought up but the user @JayLapointe brought up the idea of journaling and its not the first time hearing it. Every therapist who has told me to try journaling I would always end hating it but for some strange reason I tried again because of this comment and..... I LOVE IT!! It's so weird my whole life I hated writing having terrible penmanship, really bad speller, and my grammer. The thing that brought me so much stress is now making me happy and excited so much that I want an expensive pen.


I guess I was being a little dramatic in my last post (┬┬﹏┬┬) thanks anyways for the replies really glad this place exists I don't have a lot of people I can talk too plz keep on living.

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It's something I've been doing for many years now, for me it started by accident though.

Sometimes things I saw on the news would upset me enough to write an angry letter about it. After embarrassing myself a couple of times I learnt not to actually send the letter until the next day when I've calmed down a little bit and I'm sober.

After a while I realised I never need to send any letters at all, just writing them out lets me vent a bit and in writing to someone else I find it easier to sort thoughts in my own mind. The act of trying to explain my thoughts to someone else makes it easier for me to better organise them in my own mind.

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

.I continue to enjoy introspection. I really started it when doing Cognitive Processing Therapy and it has helped me recognize how I have been able to strengthen the depth of my internal values through life to have a valuable connection with my spouse and enjoy life in many different ways when pursuing my interests

 

[Xinyta]

I'm glad you are finding yourself in a better place and that journaling is helping you. Truthfully, journaling is a no pressure exercise. Grammar, spelling, and other mistakes are okay. You are writing it for yourself, to help you with introspection. Whether you share your writings, or not, is entirely up to you.

Keep things you enjoy as habits, if they serve your happiness.

 

[Rodafina]

@RandomBogy

I think what you've shared here demonstrates a really important idea - different tools can be helpful to us at different times in our lives. We are always changing and growing and something that was not helpful in the past can really be worth revisiting at a different time or for a different reason. We have to be ready for certain tools and then learn how to use things in our own way.

Thanks for sharing. I've taken some really good advice from folks here, too.