I've been writing in a blog for over 2 years, which is basically journaling. But I also get feedback from the friends I have made through the blog. However about a month or two ago I decided that writing in the blog was taking the place of talking to people in real life, including my t. So I made the difficult decision to stop, or at least greatly reduce the blogging (from every day to once or twice a week). This has made a big difference in my therapy, because now I talk much more in t.

When I was writing in the blog, I felt like I was processing everything through the writing and the feedback and dialog with blog friends. By the time t day rolled around I didn't care to talk about the things that I wrote about, they felt "done". Which is good, but I felt it would be better for my personal development to process them "live" with a person actually in the room with me.

I miss blogging a lot, but I feel I am also growing a lot, and have accomplished more in the last 2 months of therapy than in the previous 2 years, because instead of writing I am talking.

Of course, this is only my experience, and it is different for everyone. It also took me 2 years to get to this point.