Discussion Do you use a personal diary or something like that to write about how you feel every day? Do I sound too corny?

[Dark Spring]

It often helps me to let off steam by writing down how I feel during the day, but other times instead of feeling some relief I feel worse than before. It is very rare. Does anyone write about their feelings about CTB?

 

[Deleted member 19654]

It's not corny to write in a journal at all. I don't do it personally because I don't want to face up to my problems.

 

[Xander_McG]

It's not corny at all. I don't have a diary but what I do is update my suicide letter for my wife everyday, telling her about my thoughts and feelings, both good and bad. That way when I finally do CTB she has got at least some idea of the stresses and pressures i'm under and knows that I still love her. It does help me, I usually feel a bit better having wrote in it because i'm extremely introverted and don't tell anybody anything lol

 

[muffin222]

I do! I have a journal where I jot down my thoughts and feelings when the mood strikes. It helps me process and sort out my feelings and thoughts

 

[nitroautnz]

Yes I recently start one , I'm too scared to read it though, so for the moment I just write my daily thought.
The problem is more that I forget what I wanted to write during the day, because I can only write in the evening.

 

[VIBRITANNIA]

it's good that you've found a healthy way to cope with your emotions (not sure if cope is the right word or not). i personally don't do it, but it's not corny.

 

[Dark Spring]

it's good that you've found a healthy way to cope with your emotions (not sure if cope is the right word or not). i personally don't do it, but it's not corny.

I think it is a way I found to take some of the weight off my hard thoughts, but sometimes I am very hard on myself by writing.

 

[VIBRITANNIA]

I think it is a way I found to take some of the weight off my hard thoughts, but sometimes I am very hard on myself by writing.

that's part of the reason why i don't journal my thoughts. i don't want to bully myself when all i'm looking for is some peace of mind.

 

[CrazyMary]

I do, most of the time I just throw them away or burn them. That way I kind of feel like my demons are going away, which obviously aren´t

 

[Lupgevif]

I do, and I write not only about how I feel, but what I did in the day and/or what I wish to do the next day. I do feel corny about it, but I try no to think about it, since I enjoy it overall.

 

[Ghost2211]

No, it would be super bad if the kids found it, and it wouldn't help me very much anyway.

 

[nothingleft]

Yeah, partly because I have thoughts I can't otherwise express. Secondarily, I want my family to be able to read what I couldn't tell them; I sometimes write to them directly, trying to explain and make peace with what could happen soon.