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Old Oct 14, 2014, 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Hooligan View Post
I'm so scared of journaling.... Incase my husband or anyone else read it ... Nobody would want to read the crap that goes through my head all day. I wonder if they sell journals with massive padlocks. I'd need to keep people out.
What has helped me journal without fear that someone else would find my writing is to use a kid's "magic slate" (Google it for images). I fill one page and then lift the bottom of the page up, so my writing disappears. As I do this I try to imagine that I am letting go of it, too. This helps me because sometimes before when I wrote stuff down on paper or in a computer file, I would cling to it or think it precious, so it had a hold of me. By lifting the page and letting it go, I don't cling to it. Like other journalling, this "magic slate" journaling has helped give me relief and perspective, and I continue to do it.
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