2006-08-15 03:06:06 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
We can reinvent our identity with a journal. We can express things we wouldn't usually, and we can manipulate how we look at ourselves.
I kept a lot of journals, and eventually i threw them away. I didn't like who i 'was'.
2006-08-15 04:01:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can organize your thoughts and work out emotions. A journal will also memorialize in writing the closure you got after you resolve a problem.
The key is to make it for you and only you. That's a journal. If you want the world to see what you think online, create a blog. Just don't put your name or any identifying information, because it could come back to haunt you in a myriad of ways.
2006-08-15 03:21:48 · answer #2 · answered by Lemon Pledge 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We can't remember all the stuff that happened to us some years ago...so writting a journal can help us see how our life was several years ago...and how our life is now..and compare the person we are now with the person we were a few years earlier. Also writting a journal makes some people to express their deepest thoughts and feelings...makes them feel more relaxed...it's like having a psychologist in a way!
2006-08-15 03:58:38 · answer #3 · answered by asimenia_psycho 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that a journal is another way, and i believe it is a good method of expressing yourself. There seems to be a higher level of honesty which comes out of a person when writing things down on paper, and there is a type of healing which can take place in the process.
2006-08-15 05:50:00 · answer #4 · answered by Catt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How honest are you with your personal journal?
I maintain a journal and I strictly prohibit anyone to read it. It contain all my feelings at certain points -- my happiness, my hate, my fantasies, my faults, my inner thoughts, my assumptions... in other words, private things I cannot easily share with anyone, even to my own wife.
For me, the good things about maintaining a journal are:
1) I have something to come back to when a certain same feeling occurs. I have something to look at and see how I anticipated, or dealt with such a feeling;
2) It amuses me to see how I had overcome such a troubled thought;
3) At times when I'm down, I have something to remind me how to rise again... it doesn't fail so far.
There are still other reasons I cannot immediately share on here.
I'm glad to keep one for myself.
2006-08-15 03:33:18 · answer #5 · answered by Mike N. D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I kept a journal when I was an EMS field supervisor. I jotted down important aspects of more serious calls. This way if I were ever called into court, I could refresh my memory.
Don't forget to password the file if you are using Word.
2006-08-15 03:28:18 · answer #6 · answered by Skypilot49 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find that its easier to organize my thoughts and feelings if I write them down. Also it helps to get them out of my head/heart and not let them just sit in there and stew.
I often have looked back at my journals and find it inspirational that I have been through some of those things and have made it through them successfully. Its also a nice recollection of what has happened in my life.
2006-08-15 03:11:24 · answer #7 · answered by bluedaboodee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Keeping a journal is proven to reduce stress. We all know the effects stress can have on our health.
2006-08-15 03:34:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I keep a journal.
Sometimes what I write in it makes sense, sometimes it doesn't. I just like getting my thoughts out on paper.
2006-08-15 03:11:22 · answer #9 · answered by saphires77 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It makes you feel better to write down your thoughts and emotions. The key is NOT to go back and reread what you wrote later on.
2006-08-15 03:14:11 · answer #10 · answered by josievan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋